Royal Dutch Medical Association (RDMA) (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Maatschappij)

The Royal Dutch Medical Association (RDMA) is the professional organization for Dutch doctors. It was established in 1849. Since 1999 the RDMA has become a federation of medical practitioners’ professional associations.

The RDMA has been leading the way for Dutch doctors and health care in the Netherlands. Why? The answer is actually very simple: to ensure that doctors can provide the best possible care.

For 170 years, the RDMA has been supporting Dutch doctors and health care through efforts such as:

• enhancing the quality of the profession by training and (re)registering doctors, providing peer support and creating codes of conduct;
• assisting doctors with ethical and legal dilemmas, including euthanasia for reasons of dementia as well as addiction among doctors;
• offering support by sharing practice-based dilemmas, issuing guidelines and offering a forum for improving health care;
• taking the lead in important areas for instance the promotion of public health;
• promoting the immaterial interests of over 65,000 doctors and medical students, to allow them to provide adequate care.