Year: 2005
Resolution Number: 67
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Frank P. Bongiorno, MD
Sponsor: Frank P. Bongiorno, MD
On behalf of: Wayne County Delegation
Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to conduct an investigation sufficient to assure that the U.S. military is currently or has recently investigated the specifically medical issues related to alleged detainee abuses, and the involvement or noninvolvement of medical personnel in such activities; and that bodies currently involved in training military physicians are addressing the ethical codes and principles pertinent to the prevention of abuse of detainees, including where appropriate real examples drawn from recent events in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to conduct an investigation sufficient to assure that the U.S. military is currently or has recently investigated the specifically medical issues related to alleged detainee abuses, and the involvement or noninvolvement of medical personnel in such activities; and that bodies currently involved in training military physicians are addressing the ethical codes and principles pertinent to the prevention of abuse of detainees, including where appropriate real examples drawn from recent events in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
Fiscal Note: NULL
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