German Medical Association

The German Medical Association (GMA) (German: Bundesärztekammer, BÄK), founded in 1947 and based in Berlin, is the co-ordinating body of physicians’ self-regulation in Germany. It co-ordinates the activities of the 17 State Chambers of Physicians which are responsible for regulation of the medical profession. As of 31 December 2007^[update], the GMA represents the professional interests of the more than 400,000 physicians. The German Medical Association is co-owner of the medical journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt and of the German Agency for Quality in Medicine, a member of the Guidelines International Network—together with the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians.

Purpose[edit]

The purpose of the GMA is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the patient and the community by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine.^{[citation needed]}

It regulates^{[citation needed]}

• ethical and professional obligations of doctors,
• postgraduate training,
• continuous medical education and professional development,
• quality assurance and quality promotion in healthcare.

Memberships[edit]

The German Medical Association is a member of the World Medical Association and of the Standing Committee of European Doctors

Medical Intervention for under 18 Transgender people[edit]

One month after the UK's Cass Review is published and both NHS England and NHS Scotland limit hormone blockers for gender dysphoric under-18s, on May 10 2024 the Assembly of the GMA wrote that it "calls on the Federal Government to only permit puberty blockers, sex-change hormone therapies or gender reassignment surgery in under 18-year-olds with gender incongruence (GI) or gender dysphoria (GD) in the context of controlled scientific studies and with the involvement of a multidisciplinary team and a clinical ethics committee and after medical and, in particular, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment of any mental disorders". And that results must be followed up for at "least ten years".^[1]

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External links[edit]

• Official website