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Dec. 15, 2004 -- University
of Utah professor of internal medicine Jay A. Jacobson, M.D., received
the American Medical Association’s (AMA) highest honor in
medical ethics—the Isaac Hayes, MD, and John Bell, MD, Award
for Leadership in Medical Ethics and Professionalism.
Jacobson, who established and leads the division of medical ethics
at the U of U School of Medicine and LDS Hospital, will receive
the award on Dec. 4 in Atlanta.
The award was established in 1997 to “promote and underscore
the AMA’s continuing dedication to the principles of medical
ethics and the highest standards of medical practice,” according
to Michael D. Maves, M.D., MBA, executive vice president of the
organization that
represents thousands of U.S. physicians. The award is named after
the co-authors of the AMA’s original code of ethics.
An infectious diseases specialist who joined the School of Medicine
in 1978, Jacobson was Utah project director of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s Partnership to Improve End of Life Care. He also
served on the AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
and currently serves on the American College of Physicians Ethics
and Human Rights Committee.
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