The Australian Medical Association (the AMA) is a professional association for Australian doctors and medical students.
The AMA uses a representative structure involving state branches and committees to work with members to promote and protect the interests of doctors.
The mechanisms that allow this include:
- working with governments to maintain and increase provision of world-class medical care to all Australians;
- tracking and reporting government performance on health;
- challenging government on policy that potentially harms the interests of patients;
- providing a resonant and authoritative expert medical commentary on health issues;
- responding to issues in the health debate through provision of a wide range of expert resources; and
- commissioning and conducting research on health issues.
The AMA supports patient care by serving the medical profession across a broad range of services including:
- protecting the academic, professional and economic independence and the well being of medical practitioners;
- promoting and advancing ethical behaviour by the medical profession and protecting the integrity and independence of the doctor/patient relationship; and
- preserving and protecting the political, legal and industrial interests of medical practitioners.
Read more about Australian Medical Association: Presidents of The Australian Medical Association
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