Rick Bauer (he/him/él)
@nvrflycoach
Hospice and Palliative Care. Board Certified Chaplain. The bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of assessment and care. Exec committee of PallCHASE (Palliative Care Humanitarian Aid Situations Emergencies) Based in DC. #spiritualcare #hapc
Palliative care in traditional practices Celebrating World Indigenous Peoples Day 2026 📅 Thursday, August 13 ⏰️ 1pm UTC, 2pm BST, 3pm CET, 9am EDT, 3pm CAT #spiritualcare #palliativecare Register 👉🏻 l.iahpc.org/yc7?l
Pediatric palliative care aims to alleviate suffering and improve quality-of-life for children with serious illnesses. Its implementation in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) remains variable and potentially underutilized. #palliativecare #spiritualcare www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@icpcn.bsky.social held its 4th international conference in Manila, Philippines in partnership with The Ruth Foundation. The conference, 'Milestones & Horizons,' marked ICPCN's 20th anniversary and convened 419 delegates from 49 countries. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42428823/
Spiritual care has been shown to be an important component of holistic patient care. However, students have reported it missing from medical school curricula. #spiritualcare asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
An article co-authored by Tracy Balboni, faculty @caringatgwish.bsky.social discusses the role of spirituality and sacred connections within the practice of medicine to improve resilience and reduce burnout. #spiritualcare www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A chaplaincy reflection on living with chronic illness #palliativecare #spiritualcare lymphoma-action.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Expanding whole person care even beyond palliative care. Brilliant article. #spiritualcare link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A wonderful, gentle reflection embodying the compassionate presence of #palliativecare www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A brilliant new article to address multidimensional patient and family needs. We must commit to a transdisciplinary model of teamwork and care (open access!) #spiritualcare www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S088...
icpcn.org/close-the-gap/ Access to health care, including palliative care, is a basic human right & should be available to every child who needs it, no matter where they live or what condition they have. It should not depend on geography, so let’s work together to close the gap
The COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk of cardiovascular issues associated with the virus by around 40 percent, according to new research. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Paying attention to hope is part of spiritual care. This study explored how general practice professionals and chaplains provide care for chronic patients’ hope, despair, and hopelessness together. #spiritualcare #palliativecare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mindfulness and spiritual care should not be positioned as isolated curricular additions, but as central elements of transformative clinical formation. #spiritualcare journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
45 years ago today, the CDC first reported on five cases of a rare pneumonia affecting young gay men—the event officially recognized as the start of the AIDS epidemic. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...
A good article, an important article, but no mention of the spiritual or existential domain of the human person. Without this we are not providing whole person care. #palliativecare #spiritualcare agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Such a great weak with colleagues from @iahpc.org presenting 5 statements at the World Health Assembly #WHA79 and attending and presenting at side events. #palliativecare A VERY passionate group of advocates iahpc.org/what-we-do/c...
An important new article by a great interdisciplinary pediatric palliative care team. #spiritualcare #pediatricpalliativecare www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S088...