North American Medical Association

The North American Medical Association (NAMA) is a professional association for physicians and med techs in the North American Union. Its remit is to promote developments in medical practice, to advance the interests of medical personnel and patients and to regulate medical practitioners and treatments. Its spokesperson is Dr. Albee Okay.

At one time, the NAMA was the foremost professional organisation but, according to Perry Epp, it was "discredited among [its] peers a long time ago". The Association exists today mainly because it successfully lobbied the government of the North American Union into accepting it as an official advisory board. Many medical practitioners, again according to Epp, no longer recognise the NAMA's authority over their right to practice medicine.

The Association maintains a register of clinicians approved to practice medicine within the NAU, and it may expel individuals whose practice is judged to be below the accepted standard. On 7 June 2144, NAMA released a series of documents which gave details about Perry Epp's expulsion in 2124. The documents claim that Epp ignored prescribed gene therapies and used alternative treatments such as natural herbs and acupuncture -- which though legal, have not been approved by the Association.

Epp accused the NAMA of being politically motivated in leaking these documents to the media, given his outspoken criticism of Madeleine Clarke's policies. However, this charge was denied by a spokesman on 9 June.