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Family medicine as an emerging specialty: a Pakistani perspective and the RCGP International Overseas Network

Faridah Amin and Saniya R Sabzwari
BJGP Open 2018; 2 (3): bjgpopen18X101601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101601
Faridah Amin
1 Assistant Professor and Head of Family Medicine Department, Liaquat National Hospital, , Pakistan
MSc, PhD, FCPS, MRCGP INT
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Saniya R Sabzwari
2 Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, , Pakistan
Diplomate American Board of Family Medicine
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vol. 2 no. 3 bjgpopen18X101601
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101601
PubMed 
30564734

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  • Received April 6, 2018
  • Accepted May 25, 2018
  • Published online October 16, 2018.

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  1. Faridah Amin, MSc, PhD, FCPS, MRCGP INT1,* and
  2. Saniya R Sabzwari, Diplomate American Board of Family Medicine2
  1. 1 Assistant Professor and Head of Family Medicine Department, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi , Pakistan
  2. 2 Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi , Pakistan
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    faridah.amin{at}lnh.edu.pk
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