The Norwegian Medical Association (NMA; ), founded in 1886 as , is a Norwegian medical association and trade union for physicians and medical students. Based in Oslo, it is the main organization for doctors in Norway and is affiliated with Akademikerne. The association says that about 95 percent of physicians in Norway are members. The association later adopted the modern spelling in place of the historic form .
Role and organization
According to the association, its main aims are to safeguard members' professional, social and financial interests, promote high professional and ethical standards, and take part in the development of the Norwegian health-care system. Its structure includes county divisions, occupational branches, medical societies, specialty branches and the Norwegian Association of Medical Students.
Internationally, the association says that it takes part in bodies including the World Medical Association, the Standing Committee of European Doctors and the European Union of Medical Specialists.
Publications and research
The association publishes Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association), an open-access medical journal. The National Library of Medicine records the journal as indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed from 1965, while the journal website states that it is also indexed in Google Scholar, Crossref, ESCI and DOAJ.
The association is also linked to the Institute for Studies of the Medical Profession (LEFO), which began in 1992 as a large survey of Norwegian physicians' health, working conditions and living conditions.