Medical trade association
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A medical trade association is an organization composed of medical doctors who have united to advance their common professional trade, business, financial, and legal interests. Such organizations serve as labor unions for doctors.
General medical associations
Some are broadly based national medical trade associations which accept membership of every type of physician. Some examples are:
- American Medical Association
- Australian Medical Association
- British Medical Association
- Canadian Medical Association
- Danish Medical Association
- Finnish Medical Association
and many others.
The medical trade associations have their own association:
Specialist medical trade associations
There are also many medical trade associations to advance the particular professional trade, business, financial, and legal interests of medical specialists. Some examples are:
- American Academy of Family Practioners
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Urological Association
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Canadian Urological Association