Abstract
Americans have access to more health-related information today than ever before. Consumers are bombarded with medical messages and flooded with health-based claims. Television and magazine advertisements inform consumers about everything from insomnia and erectile dysfunction to the importance of dietary fiber and the allegedly wondrous properties of pomegranates. Product labels and promotions provide more food for thought about fat, sodium, and carbohydrates; nutritional supplement makers further supplement consumer nutritional information. Were that not enough, the internet provides access to still more data (and opinion), much of it of questionable provenance and reliability.
Keywords
Consumer Protection, Health-related Information
Publication Date
2011
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine
Publication Information
21 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 1 (2011)
Repository Citation
Adler, Jonathan H., "Symposium on Commercial Speech and Public Health" (2011). Faculty Publications. 22.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/22
