Philip Newton Baker DM, FRCOG, FMedSci, is a British obstetrician, currently head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology at the University of Leicester.
[1] Among his numerous textbooks is Obstetrics and Gynaecology: An evidence-based text for MRCOG, published by Taylor & Francis.
[3] In October 2000, Baker was criticised by a judge for ignoring the anxieties of a woman whose baby was subsequently stillborn.
The woman won damages for the death of her baby, after Baker refused her request for a caesarean section.
[6][7] Subsequently, Baker moved to New Zealand, taking a leading role at the National Centre of Growth and Development (Gravida) in Auckland.