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Murray W. Enkin (May 29, 1924 – June 6, 2021) was a Canadian physician and writer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied medicine at the University of Toronto and later specialized as an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. He was a professor, philosopher, activist, public speaker and author, who contributed to the fields of maternal care and childbirth, and evidence-based medicine.
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Murray W. Enkin (May 29, 1924 – June 6, 2021) was a Canadian physician and writer. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, and studied medicine at the University of Toronto and later specialized as an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. He was a professor, philosopher, activist, public speaker and author, who contributed to the fields of maternal care and childbirth, and evidence-based medicine.
Career and impact
In 2012 Enkin was awarded the Order of Canada for "his contributions to maternal care and the development of midwifery as a recognized profession in Canada." CBC reported at that time that "he lived and worked inHamilton Hamilton may refer to:
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for nearly 60 years where his practices and research into family-centred maternal care grew to become the norm across the country." He became a faculty member at McMaster University's School of Medicine not long after its founding.
He was an early supporter of midwifery as a profession, contributing "to midwives becoming accepted members of the health care system in Ontario and to setting a tone of collaboration and respect between midwives and other health care professions." In 1982, he was an expert witness in a court case which led to the establishment of midwifery as a profession in Canada. During his time in Hamilton, he is also credited by Lynn Johnston with inspiring her career as a cartoonist.
He has been a member of the editorial board for the journal '' Birth'' since the publication's founding in 1973. Enkin co-authored ''Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth'' (1989), which, according to a review in Science, "moved obstetrics from the rear to the forefront of scientifically based clinical disciplines", and provided the basis for The Cochrane Collaboration.
Murray Enkin died on June 6, 2021.
Books
Enkin, Murray; Iain Chalmers (1982). ''Effectiveness and Satisfaction in Antenatal Care''. MacKeith Press. . Chalmers, Iain; Murray Enkin; Marc J.N.C. Keirse (1989). ''Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth''. Oxford University Press. . Enkin, Murray; Marc J.N.C. Keirse; James Neilson; Caroline Crowther; Lelia Duley; Ellen Hodnett; Justus Hofmeyer (third edition 2000). ''A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth''. Oxford University Press. . Jadad, Alejandro R.; Murray Enkin (second edition 2007). ''Randomized controlled trials: Question, answers, and musings''. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. . Enkin, Murray (2021). ''Musings: Time, Place, and Beyond.''References
External links
The Murray Enkin Biography Project
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