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American Medical Association AmericanMedicalAssociation The AMA, an organization of medical professionals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Medical_Association private-sector organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that operate in what is thought of as the private sector and that have no governmental component. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s may be either <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonProfitOrganization</a>s. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cycorp</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloridaNationalBank</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a>. PrivateSectorOrganization A collection of organizations. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuB5Y5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProfessionalOrganization</a> is a group consisting of professionally trained, white-collar workers as members. Usually, the members of a particular professional organization belong to a single profession (or a related group of professions). Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV9ZHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericanMedicalAssociation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVyUi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericanOsteopathyAssociation</a>. Professional society ProfessionalAssociation American Medical Association AmericanMedicalAssociation The AMA, an organization of medical professionals. HealthcareOrganization healthcare organization Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBF9z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthcareOrganization</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> that is primarily or significantly engaged in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHlZZZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthcareIndustry</a> or whose activities focus on that industry. All of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwH2lYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OccupationalSafetyAndHealthAdministration</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV9ZHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericanMedicalAssociation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SetonNorthwestHospital</a> are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBF9z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthcareOrganization</a>. American Medical Association AmericanMedicalAssociation The AMA, an organization of medical professionals. NationalOrganization national organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose scope of operations and ownership or membership is primarily confined to a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> (but to no smaller subdivision within that country - see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> are the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the United States, and the Red Guards and the Young Pioneers in China (PROC). American Medical Association AmericanMedicalAssociation The AMA, an organization of medical professionals. Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions.