TY - JOUR T1 - 40th anniversary of the EAHP: the past and the future JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: Science and Practice JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm SP - 4 LP - 4 DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2012-000080 VL - 19 IS - 1 AU - Roberto Frontini Y1 - 2012/02/01 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/19/1/4.abstract N2 - You might ask whether 40 years in existence means being a young or an old association. The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) is young and old. It is like in life: the passing time gives you experience but life means looking into the future. Keeping the curiosity of a child while being an old man with long experience is what we call wisdom.Looking back to the first years of the EAHP, let us understand how difficult it was for the founders to create a European understanding. … Correspondence to Dr R Frontini, EAHP President, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig Liebigstrasse 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; president{at}eahp.eu ER -