Danish Medical Association

DADL/DMA
Danish Medical Association
Den Almindelige Danske Lægeforening
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Location	Denmark;
Members	26,235
Key people	Mads Henrik Koch Hansen, Chairman; Jens Winther Jensen, President; Jette Hansen Dam; Michael Dupont; Carl Johan F. Erichsen; Bruno A.Melgaard Jensen; Anja Ulrike Mitchell; Lise Møller; Camilla Noelle Rathcke; Andreas Rudkjøbing; Mads Skippe
Affiliations	AC
Website	www.laeger.dk

The Danish Medical Association (DADL) is a medical professional association in Denmark. It has a membership of 21,800, and is affiliated with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.^[1] Since 1954, it has published the medical journal Danish Medical Journal, which was originally named Danish Medical Bulletin until 2012.

History

The Danish Medical Association began in town of Korsør on the island of Zeeland, on September 1, 1857, after many informal meetings over the prior 6 years attended by many "provincial doctors" from around the nation. According to an article published in the British Medical Journal in 1957, " The D.M.A.'s present objects, as revised in 1935, are (1) to unite Danish doctors in watching over the interests of the profession, and (2) to act as the organ by which the medical profession exerts its influence on problems affecting the community in general."^[2]

List of other organizations

Danish Medical Association is the main organization which has a number of physician associations / trade unions under its umbrella:^[1]

Association of Junior Doctors
General Practitioners Organization
Association of Medical Specialists

References

^ ^a ^b "organization". Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ Anonymous (August 31, 1957). "Danish Medical Association". Br Med J. 2 (5043). British Medical Assoc: 515–516. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5043.515. PMC 1962175. PMID 13460299.