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Kei Hirai

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1 Effects of a programme of interventions on regional comprehensive palliative care for patients with cancer: a mixed-methods study. Lancet Oncol 2013 2.34
2 Practices and evaluations of prognostic disclosure for Japanese cancer patients and their families from the family's point of view. Palliat Support Care 2012 1.39
3 Barriers to referral to inpatient palliative care units in Japan: a qualitative survey with content analysis. Support Care Cancer 2007 1.19
4 Knowledge and beliefs about end-of-life care and the effects of specialized palliative care: a population-based survey in Japan. J Pain Symptom Manage 2006 1.03
5 Evaluation of end-of-life cancer care from the perspective of bereaved family members: the Japanese experience. J Clin Oncol 2008 1.02
6 Good death inventory: a measure for evaluating good death from the bereaved family member's perspective. J Pain Symptom Manage 2008 0.99
7 Terminal delirium: families' experience. Palliat Med 2007 0.95
8 Cost-effectiveness of a tailored intervention designed to increase breast cancer screening among a non-adherent population: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health 2012 0.90
9 Measuring the quality of structure and process in end-of-life care from the bereaved family perspective. J Pain Symptom Manage 2004 0.89
10 Barriers to providing palliative care and priorities for future actions to advance palliative care in Japan: a nationwide expert opinion survey. J Palliat Med 2007 0.88
11 Family-perceived distress from delirium-related symptoms of terminally ill cancer patients. Psychosomatics 2004 0.87
12 Preference of place for end-of-life cancer care and death among bereaved Japanese families who experienced home hospice care and death of a loved one. Support Care Cancer 2009 0.86
13 Why are bereaved family members dissatisfied with specialised inpatient palliative care service? A nationwide qualitative study. Palliat Med 2005 0.85
14 A region-based palliative care intervention trial using the mixed-method approach: Japan OPTIM study. BMC Palliat Care 2012 0.84
15 The relationship between health-related quality of life and social networks among Japanese family caregivers for people with disabilities. Biopsychosoc Med 2008 0.82
16 Factors contributing to evaluation of a good death from the bereaved family member's perspective. Psychooncology 2008 0.82
17 Care for imminently dying cancer patients: family members' experiences and recommendations. J Clin Oncol 2009 0.81
18 Spiritual care of cancer patients by integrated medicine in urban green space: a pilot study. Explore (NY) 2013 0.80
19 Value of religious care for relief of psycho-existential suffering in Japanese terminally ill cancer patients: the perspective of bereaved family members. Psychooncology 2010 0.80
20 Pros and cons of prognostic disclosure to Japanese cancer patients and their families from the family's point of view. J Palliat Med 2012 0.79
21 Desire for death and requests to hasten death of Japanese terminally ill cancer patients receiving specialized inpatient palliative care. J Pain Symptom Manage 2004 0.79
22 A qualitative study of decision-making by breast cancer patients about telling their children about their illness. Support Care Cancer 2009 0.79
23 Worry and intention among Japanese women: implications for an audience segmentation strategy to promote mammography adoption. Health Commun 2013 0.79
24 Religious care required for Japanese terminally ill patients with cancer from the perspective of bereaved family members. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2009 0.78
25 A survey of disclosure of diagnosis to patients with glioma in Japan. Int J Clin Oncol 2010 0.77
26 Experience with prognostic disclosure of families of Japanese patients with cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010 0.77
27 Reduction of adverse effects by a mushroom product, active hexose correlated compound (AHCC) in patients with advanced cancer during chemotherapy--the significance of the levels of HHV-6 DNA in saliva as a surrogate biomarker during chemotherapy. Nutr Cancer 2014 0.77
28 Preferences for palliative sedation therapy in the Japanese general population. J Palliat Med 2002 0.77
29 Perceptions of specialized inpatient palliative care: a population-based survey in Japan. J Pain Symptom Manage 2008 0.77
30 Sleep problems and psychological distress in family members of patients with hematological malignancies in the Japanese population. Ann Hematol 2014 0.76
31 Knowledge, beliefs, and concerns about opioids, palliative care, and homecare of advanced cancer patients: a nationwide survey in Japan. Support Care Cancer 2011 0.76
32 Caregiving Consequences Inventory: a measure for evaluating caregiving consequences from the bereaved family member's perspective. Psychooncology 2009 0.76
33 Family-peceived distress about appetite loss and bronchial secretion in the terminal phase. J Pain Symptom Manage 2004 0.75
34 Views of Japanese patients on the advantages and disadvantages of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Int Urol Nephrol 2012 0.75
35 Development of a Japanese Benefit Finding scale (JBFS) for patients with cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2010 0.75
36 Negative support of significant others affects psychological adjustment in breast cancer patients. Psychol Health 2011 0.75
37 Similarity and difference among standard medical care, palliative sedation therapy, and euthanasia: a multidimensional scaling analysis on physicians' and the general population's opinions. J Pain Symptom Manage 2003 0.75
38 Psychosocial difficulties in adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatr Int 2015 0.75
39 Making the decision for home hospice: perspectives of bereaved Japanese families who had loved ones in home hospice. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2012 0.75
40 Troubles and hardships faced by psychologists in cancer care. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2013 0.75
41 Melting of oxygen vacancy order at oxide-heterostructure interface. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017 0.75
42 Association between depressive symptoms and changes in sleep condition in the grieving process. Support Care Cancer 2014 0.75
43 Meaninglessness in terminally ill cancer patients: a validation study and nurse education intervention trial. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007 0.75
44 Problem-solving therapy for psychological distress in Japanese cancer patients: preliminary clinical experience from psychiatric consultations. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2008 0.75