title: [Cooperation between professional association and scientific society].
abstract: Developments in health economics, urological sciences and social as well as demographic conditions pose numerous problems for the field of urology. In order to solve these problems a close cooperation between the professional association and the scientific society are needed which at first sight seem to have very different interests. The increasing complexity and interdependency in all areas of the healthcare system make a simple separation of interests between the scientific society and the professional association impossible. The Professional Association of German Urologists and the German Society of Urology have acknowledged this situation for many years and have intensified their close collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Berufsverband der Urologen e.V., Haart 87-89, 24534 Neumünster, Deutschland. drschroeder@bdu-praesident.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Hakenberg
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005858:Germany; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012586:Science / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014572:Urology / Q000458:organization & administration*