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Pharmacy practice and profession blog

All posts from: March 2012

How cat-poo coffee led to three minutes of fame

Posted by: Lin-Nam WangThu, 29 Mar 2012

It all started with a cup of cat-poo coffee. Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans ingested by Indonesian palm civets. They choose only the choicest beans and, it’s claimed, passing through the cat’s digestive tract improves the product.

When is a team not a team?

Posted by: Aamer SafdarThu, 15 Mar 2012

I have been wondering for some time now what makes a successful team and the events in my last leadership module with the Kings Fund got me thinking about this again.The word ‘team’ is used a lot in healthcare but what do we really mean by this? What about in pharmacy, particularly in the hospital sector where I work?