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information overload An excess of information provided to a person in certain situations, resulting in either a wrong decision or the passing of misinformation 1. Patients must have sufficient information at their disposal to give an informed
consent for–eg, an elective surgical procedure; this is problematic when a Pt is informed of very rare complications or side effects of a procedure or the anesthesiology. See Uninformed consent. Cf Informed consent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If there's one thing that I hear over and over from the experts, including the IABC Research Foundation's think tank, it's that information overload is affecting everyone. Where conventional marketing tactics have saturated audiences with information, people have added layers of personal "filtering" devices to avoid information overload. A related problem is that email can inundate you with data, creating information overload and stress. |
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