Year: 2005
Resolution Number: 47
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): St. Clair County Medical Society Community Health Roundtable
Sponsor: Alan D. Kuester, DO
On behalf of: St. Clair County Delegation
Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to lobby for a trueaccounting in advertising under the auspices of the Food and Drug Administration; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work for a banon advertisements for medications or nutritional supplements without convincing scientific evidence of their effectiveness.RATIONALE: The substitute resolution was presented by the authors as a clarification of their intent. The Committee heard no dissenting testimony on this resolution.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to lobby for a trueaccounting in advertising under the auspices of the Food and Drug Administration; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work for a banon advertisements for medications or nutritional supplements without convincing scientific evidence of their effectiveness.RATIONALE: The substitute resolution was presented by the authors as a clarification of their intent. The Committee heard no dissenting testimony on this resolution.
Fiscal Note: NULL
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