Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library

Tabner, Andrew; Johnson, Graham; White, Caroline; Toft, Suzanne

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Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library

Abstract

Evidence suggests that complementary hot drinks and biscuits benefit an overworked and highly stressed healthcare workforce. But when signage in healthcare libraries asks patrons not to consume “excessive” quantities of free hot drinks and biscuits, how much is too much? Tabner and colleagues explore this resource allocation conundrum