{"id":1659,"date":"2026-01-05T02:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/?p=1659"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:52:42","slug":"julie-mcleod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/2026\/01\/05\/julie-mcleod\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie McLeod"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p><em><strong>Retired public school employee \/ transplant patient carer; USA<\/strong><\/em><\/p><br><p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Julie McLeod is a dedicated carer with firsthand experience navigating the complexities of healthcare. Her journey began when her husband was enrolled in a kidney transplant program due to complications from high blood pressure and diabetes. As his primary caregiver, she has not only supported him through<br>challenging medical treatments but has also become a passionate advocate for patient empowerment and caregiver support. Through her unique perspective, Julie sheds light on the importance of compassion, resilience, and community in facing health crises, inspiring audiences with her personal journey of caregiving and advocacy.<\/span><\/p><br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired public school employee \/ transplant patient carer; USAJulie McLeod is a dedicated carer with firsthand experience navigating the complexities of healthcare. Her journey began when her husband was enrolled in a kidney transplant program due to complications from high blood pressure and diabetes. As his primary caregiver, she has not only supported him throughchallenging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaker"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}