Alcohol-themed items in hospital gift shops

Gift to University College Hospital

Sir,?With reference to the paragraph in your last issue, may I point out that Mr. Geoffrey Duveen's gift of ?15,000 to University College Hospital is for the purpose of providing "the most complete and modern treatment of the deaf," and is not intended for the general purposes of the hospital ? The money will be expended entirely on the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, and the removal of the Ro...

Authorship ignorance: views of researchers in French clinical settings.

OBJECTIVES To assess the knowledge and behaviour of researchers regarding criteria for authorship, and the practices of ghost and gift authorship. DESIGN Semidirective interviews of senior clinical researchers. SETTING University hospital. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-nine main investigators of clinical research programmes. MAIN MEASUREMENTS Awareness and use of International Committee of Medica...

Alternative Hospital Gift Bags and Breastfeeding Exclusivity

The type of gift bags given to new mothers at the time of discharge from the hospital can influence their confidence in breastfeeding. Most hospitals in the US continue to distribute commercial gift bags containing formula samples despite the reported negative influence of commercial bags on the duration of breastfeeding. This study compared breastfeeding outcomes in women receiving three diffe...

Consumer Nutrition Environments of Hospitals: An Exploratory Analysis Using the Hospital Nutrition Environment Scan for Cafeterias, Vending Machines, and Gift Shops, 2012

INTRODUCTION Hospitals are the primary worksite of over 5 million adults in the United States, and millions of meals are procured and consumed in this setting. Because many worksite nutrition initiatives use an ecological framework to improve the dietary habits of employees, the nutrition values of foods served in hospitals is receiving attention. METHODS This study used the Hospital Nutritio...

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