Murray Enkin
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Murray Enkin is a Canadian obstetrician, professor, and author, who has contributed to the fields of maternal care and evidence-based medicine.
Career and impact
In 2012 Enkin was awarded the Order of Canada [1] for "his contributions to maternal care and the development of midwifery as a recognized profession in Canada."[2] CBC reported at that time that "he lived and worked in Hamilton for nearly 60 years where his practices and research into family-centred maternal care grew to become the norm across the country."[3] He became a faculty member at McMaster University's School of Medicine not long after its founding.[4] In 1982, he was an expert witness in a court case which led to the establishment of midwifery as a profession in Canada.[5] During his time in Hamilton, he is also credited by Lynn Johnston with inspiring her career as a cartoonist.[6] Enkin co-authored Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth, which, according to a review in Science, "moved obstetrics from the rear to the forefront of scientifically based clinical disciplines."[7]
Published work
Co-authored books
Enkin, Murray; Iain Chalmers (1982). Effectiveness and Satisfaction in Antenatal Care. MacKeith Press. ISBN 0901260592.
Chalmers, Iain; Murray Enkin; Marc J.N.C. Keirse (1989). Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192615589.
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. ISBN-10: 019263173X. ISBN-13: 978-0192631732.
Jadad, Alejandro R.; Murray Enkin (second edition 2007). Randomized controlled trials: Question, answers, and musings. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405132664.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Enkin, Murray W. “Smoking and Pregnancy—A New Look.” Birth 11.4 (1984): 225–228.
Enkin, Murray W. “Commentary: Entrapment Neuropathies in Birth and Breastfeeding.” Birth 15.2 (1988): 104–104.
Enkin, Murray W. “Commentary: Are the Correct Outcomes of Prenatal Education Being Measured?” Birth 17.2 (1990): 90–91.
Enkin, Murray W. “Commentary: Do I Do That? Do I Really Do That? Like That?” Birth 19.1 (1992): 19–20.
Enkin, Murray W. “Systematic Summaries and Dissemination of Evidence: The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Database.” Seminars in Perinatology 19.2 (1995): 155–160.
Enkin, Murray W. “The Need for Evidence-Based Obstetrics.” Evidence Based Medicine 1.5 (1996): 132–133.
Enkin, Murray W. “Maternity Care Today: Is Our Glass Half Empty or Half Full?” Birth 25.1 (1998): 3–4
Enkin, Murray. “A Midwife Led Debriefing Session after Operative Childbirth Did Not Reduce Postpartum Depression.” Evidence Based Medicine 6.3 (2001): 74.
Enkin, Murray W. “Biases in Evaluating Research: Are They All Bad?” Birth 35.1 (2008): 31–32.
Enkin, Murray W. “The Seven Stages of Ignorance.” Birth 35.3 (2008): 169–170.
Enkin, Murray W. “Questioning the Methodological Superiority of ‘Placebo’ over ‘Active’ Controlled Trials.” The American Journal of Bioethics 9.9 (2009): 66–67.
External links
The Murray Enkin Biography Project
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References
- ^ Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. "Dr. Murray W. Enkin, C.M., M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.S.C." The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Midwifery founder awarded Order of Canada". fhs.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "Copps, Dryden to receive Order of Canada honours". CBC News.
- ^ Daly, Jeanne (2005). Evidence-Based Medicine and the Search for a Science of Clinical Care. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 162. ISBN 0520243161.
- ^ Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn (2006). Push! The Struggle for Midwifery in Ontario. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 72, 110, 257. ISBN 0773530258.
- ^ "For rich and for real". Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ Kramer, Michael S. (Feb. 15, 1991). "Review: Medical Assessment". Science. New Series, Vol. 251, No. 4995: 815–816.
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