Year: 2011
Resolution Number: 60
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): David M. Reifler, MD
Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: C (Internal Affairs and Public Service) [Pre-2014]
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to thoroughly investigate the source of the bodies for the Premier Exhibition, Inc.’s, Bodies Revealed exhibits, possibly with the assistance of the United States Department of State.RATIONALE: The Committee heard testimony about the concerns some physicians have about how the bodies in the Bodies Revealed exhibits were obtained, about the exhibiting company paying the Chinese government for the bodies, and that there are no specific answers given by the exhibit company about these issues.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to thoroughly investigate the source of the bodies for the Premier Exhibition, Inc.’s, Bodies Revealed exhibits, possibly with the assistance of the United States Department of State.RATIONALE: The Committee heard testimony about the concerns some physicians have about how the bodies in the Bodies Revealed exhibits were obtained, about the exhibiting company paying the Chinese government for the bodies, and that there are no specific answers given by the exhibit company about these issues.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Exhibition of Plasticized Bodies Without Known Informed Consent Status