Australian Medical Association
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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.
[edit] Presidents of the Australian Medical Association
- Cecil Colville (1962-1964)
- Angus Murray (1964-1967)
- Clarence Rieger (1967-1970)
- Roderick Macdonald (1970-1972)
- Gavin Johnson (1972-1973)
- Keith Jones (1973-1976)
- Rupert Magarey (1976-1979)
- Lionel Wilson (1979-1982)
- Lindsay Thompson (1982-1985)
- Trevor Pickering (1985-1988)
- Bryce Phillips (1998-1990)
- Bruce Shepherd (1990-1993)
- Brendan Nelson (1993-1995)
- David Weedon (1995-1996)
- Keith Woollard (1996-1998)
- David Brand (1998-2000)
- Kerryn Phelps (2000-2003)
- William Glasson (2003-2005)
- Mukesh Haikerwal (2005-2007)
- Rosanna Capolingua (2007-2009)
- Andrew Pesce (2009-2011)
- Steve Hambleton (2011-)
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