CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Which are among the negative ways in which direct-to-consumer advertising of medications impacts health communication?

a. It could lead to unnecessary treatments and overmedication.
b. It overlooks the fact that many “symptoms” happen to everyone occasionally.
c. It increases the prescription of certain medications even though other, cheaper remedies could be available.
d. It focuses treatment on physical elements of illness and tends to overlook psychosocial and other factors contributing to the illness.


a. It could lead to unnecessary treatments and overmedication. , b. It overlooks the fact that many “symptoms” happen to everyone occasionally. ,
c. It increases the prescription of certain medications even though other, cheaper remedies could be available. and d. It focuses treatment on physical elements of illness and tends to overlook psychosocial and other factors contributing to the illness.

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