Healing While Hurting: The Unspoken Burden of Female Medical Residents in Pakistan

Authors

  • Iqbal Haider Khyber Medical College Peshawar Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59736/IJP.22.01.889

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Author Biography

  • Iqbal Haider, Khyber Medical College Peshawar Pakistan

    Associate Professor Department of Medicine and Associate Dean Research 

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Published

2024-03-28

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2024): Jan-Mar

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Editorial

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Haider I. Healing While Hurting: The Unspoken Burden of Female Medical Residents in Pakistan. Int J Pathol [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 28 [cited 2025 Jan. 22];22(1):1-2. Available from: https://jpathology.com/index.php/OJS/article/view/889