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Essay on consumer health |
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This is the first 1,000 characters of 2053 words (8.21 pages) in the essay titled consumer health
Is Consumer Health and Safety in Jeopardy
With the implementation of Self-Prescription
GUS 72-001: Urban Affairs-Consumers
In the Marketplace: Your Legal Rights
The expeditious augmentation of consumer product transactions taking place on the Internet have developed new risk for the public s health and safety, especially with the rise of online self-prescription drug sites. Online Pharmacies have been created to benefit the consumer but pose many risks for credulous purchasers, increased health fraud, and unique challenges to regulators, law enforcement, and policymakers. With these latest technological advancements, former regulations utilized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning the distribution of prescription and over the counter drugs have to some extent become obsolete. This has required that the FDA along with the combined efforts of other organizations such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), create new regulations to protect consumers.
The evolution of online prescription Internet sites has brought several advantages to consumers, allowing individuals to attain ever-increasing amounts of knowledge to improve their understanding of health issues and treatment options. Last year alone more than 22 million Americans used the Internet to find medical information. According to Investor s Business Daily, 43% of web surfers access health care data online each year. Health concerns are the sixth most common reason people use the Internet, an...
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Keywords: online pharmacies, consumer health, health and safety, health care data, health fraud, access health, health concerns, food and drug administration, consumers, food and drug administration fda, ftc, jeopardy, expeditious, prescription internet, prescription errors, consumer product, cyber dialogue, product transactions, ordering products, web surfers
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