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American Medical Association  

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  • The American Medical Association (AMA) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. The AMA works to “help doctors help patients” through aggressive advocacy of important healthcare issues, publishing an extensive series of medical journals, and providing its membership a variety of professional programs and activities designed to facilitate the practice of medicine. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; American Medical Association (AMA)]

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