American Medical Association - AMA
Organization URL(s)
amalibrary@ama-assn.orgwww.ama-assn.org
Other Contact Information
515 North State Street
Chicago,
IL 60610
800-621-8335 (Voice - Toll-free, For Physicians Only)
312-670-7827 (Voice, International Callers)
Description
The American Medical Association (AMA), founded in 1847, is the professional organization for physicians in the United States. The AMA disseminates information on issues important to physicians, patients, and the nation's health. The AMA is active in legislative issues and in setting standards for medical practice and education. Other activities include counseling on practice management problems, policy studies in a variety of areas, a medical library for physicians, publications, and meetings and conferences. The AMA library has a collection of over 60,000 volumes and 2,500 journals, and has direct computer access to the National Library of Medicine's database.
Online Resources
- AMA Atlas of the Body: Anatomy and Medical Illustrations
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7140.html - AMA Doctor Finder
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm - AMA Health Care Advocacy Agenda
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/12842.html - AMA Professional Resources
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4555.html - AMA Public Health
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2625.html - American Medical Association Medical Ethics
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2416.html - Archives of Neurology
http://archneur.ama-assn.org/ - Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
http://archotol.ama-assn.org - Body Piercing
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/291/8/1024 - Confidentiality of Patient Records
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4610.html - Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
http://jama.ama-assn.org - Legal Issues for Physicians
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4541.html - Patient Health Resources from the AMA
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3158.html - Suicide in Older Persons
http://www.medem.com/search/article_display.cfm?path=\\TANQUERAY\M_ContentItem&mstr=/M_ContentItem/ZZZCL3IVARD.html&soc=JAMA/Archives&srch_typ=NAV_SERCH
Print Resources
The AMA publishes books, directories to medical schools and related professional education programs, bibliographies, booklets on the medical profession, nine monthly medical specialty journals, and drug evaluations. Serial publications: Journal of the AMA (JAMA), weekly--articles on clinical medicine and research developments, available in several languages; American Medical News (newspaper), weekly.