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Dr Declan Walsh
2024-06-27T15:55:41+00:00Expertise : Cancer , Chronic pain , Nutrition and Hydration , Opioids and cannabinoids , Pain , Palliative Care , Relief Pain , Symptom Control|
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
A pioneer in palliative medicine, Dr Declan Walsh is an internationally renowned physician, researcher, educator and administrator. He developed the first palliative care programme in the United States. In recognition of his achievements, he received the John Mendelsohn Award from MD Anderson Cancer Centre, a lifetime achievement award from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer and a Visionary Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Richard Hurley
2024-06-27T15:48:47+00:00Expertise : Assisted Dying , Drug decriminalisation|
Features and Debates Editor – The BMJ
Richard Hurley is The BMJs features and debates editor, responsible for our head to head debates; features, and essays. He’s particularly interested in poverty, migration, doctor assisted dying and illicit drug policy and their impact on health.
Professor Juan Víctor Ariel Franco
2024-06-27T15:47:10+00:00Expertise : Clinical trials , Evidence based medicine , Evidence synthesis , General practice , Patients , Primary care , Shared decision making|
Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Professor Juan Franco is a family doctor at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Vice-chair of the Research Department at the Instituto Universitario Hispital Italiano (IUHI), where he is also Director of the Cochrane Associate Centre. He is a professor at IUHI and Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, and editor for the Cochrane Urology Group and a member of Cochrane’s Governing Board.
Dr James Cave
2024-06-27T15:57:02+00:00Expertise : Dispensing , General practice , GP politics , GP workload , Long term conditions , Medicines , Minor surgery , Organisation of healthcare , Prescribing , Primary care , Primary care networks , Primary care networks|
Editor-in-Chief of the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin
Dr James Cave has been a GP for over 25 years. He currently works for Red Whale, providing courses for GP’s that take the latest research and demonstrate how it might be used in practice. James was awarded an OBE for services to medicine in 2009.

