Making matters worse, people are being inundated with information – and often misinformation – through television, the Internet, and other direct-marketing channels. This fuels misconceptions and, in many cases, gives people false hope about the kind of relief they can expect from a particular drug or treatment.
更糟糕的是，人们被来自电视、互联网或直销渠道的各种信息——通常是误导信息——所淹没。这加剧了错误观念，在许多例子中，还让人们对某种药物或疗法的纾痛效果产生了错误的期望。