Dugald Baird | |
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 Portrait of Sir Dugald Baird | |
| Born | 16 November 1899 |
| Died | 7 November 1986 (aged 86) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | University of Glasgow |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | gynaecologist and obstetrician |
| Institutions | University of Aberdeen |
Sir Dugald Baird FRCOG (16 November 1899 – 7 November 1986)[1] was a British medical doctor and a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology. Baird was most notable and influential in calling for the liberalising of abortion.[2] In his delivery of the Sandoz lecture in November 1961, titled the Fifth Freedom, he advocated for freedom from the tyranny of fertility.[3]
- ^ "Dugald Baird". www.oxforddnb.com. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40060. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Willocks, James; Barr, Wallace (2004). Ian Donald : a memoir. London: RCOG Press. p. 107. OCLC 57382713.
- ^ Baird, Dugald (13 November 1965). "A Fifth Freedom?". The British Medical Journal. 2 (5471). Jstor: BMJ: 1141–1148. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5471.1141. JSTOR 25404411. PMC 1846991. PMID 5833617.