Year: 2007
Resolution Number: 6
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Raouf F. Seifeldin, MD
Sponsor: Marianna Spanaki-Varelas, MD
On behalf of: IMG Section Supported by the Organized Medical Staff Section
Committee: D (Public Health)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with The World Medical Association to provide ethical guidelines regarding “transplant tourism,” the traveling to another country for the purposes of organ transplantation, thereby increasing the possibility of exploitation of donors through coercive practices including paid donation.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with The World Medical Association to provide ethical guidelines regarding “transplant tourism,” the traveling to another country for the purposes of organ transplantation, thereby increasing the possibility of exploitation of donors through coercive practices including paid donation.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Support Ethical Procurement of Transplant Organs