Year: 2020
Resolution Number: 58
Action Taken: Withdrawn
Status: Complete
Author(s): Samantha Rea
Sponsor: Mara Darian
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: NULL
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to amend AMA policy H-70.912 by addition to read as follows:Our AMA recommends that physicians adopt the term “intellectual disability” instead of “mental retardation” in clinical settings, ACADEMIC TEXTS, PUBLISHED LITERATURE, AND MEDICAL EDUCATION.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to amend AMA policy H-70.912 by addition to read as follows:Our AMA recommends that physicians adopt the term “intellectual disability” instead of “mental retardation” in clinical settings, ACADEMIC TEXTS, PUBLISHED LITERATURE, AND MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Fiscal Note: $500
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