Saran Yoshida
Tohoku University
26 Papers
112 Citations
Saran Yoshida is an academic researcher from Tohoku University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Palliative care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 22 publications. Previous affiliations of Saran Yoshida include Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & University of Tokyo.
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Papers
Meaningful Communication Before Death, but Not Present at the Time of Death Itself, Is Associated With Better Outcomes on Measures of Depression and Complicated Grief Among Bereaved Family Members of Cancer Patients
Hiroyuki Otani,Saran Yoshida,Tatsuya Morita,Maho Aoyama,Yoshiyuki Kizawa,Yasuo Shima,Satoru Tsuneto,Mitsunori Miyashita +7 more
TL;DR: Many families wished to be present at the moment of the patient's death; however, meaningful communication (saying "goodbye") between the patient and family members, and not their presence or absence itself, was associated with better outcomes on measures of depression or complicated grief.
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Preferred place of care and place of death of the general public and cancer patients in Japan
Akemi Yamagishi,Tatsuya Morita,Mitsunori Miyashita,Saran Yoshida,Nobuya Akizuki,Yutaka Shirahige,Miki Akiyama,Kenji Eguchi +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional mail survey was conducted on 8,000 randomly selected general population to examine preferred place of care and place of death using two vignettes and obtained a total of 3,984 (50%) responses.
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Regional Medical Professionals' Confidence in Providing Palliative Care, Associated Difficulties and Availability of Specialized Palliative Care Services in Japan
Kayo Hirooka,Mitsunori Miyashita,Tatsuya Morita,Takeyuki Ichikawa,Saran Yoshida,Nobuya Akizuki,Miki Akiyama,Yutaka Shirahige,Kenji Eguchi +8 more
TL;DR: Confidence in providing palliative care was low and difficulties frequent for all types of medical professionals assessed, and confidence was positively correlated with the amount of relevant experience and, for medical doctors, with 'prescriptions of opioids (per year)'.
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A qualitative study of decision-making by breast cancer patients about telling their children about their illness
TL;DR: Patients, especially in action-hospitalization and surgery, can be expected to tell their children about their illness although they find negative aspects much more compelling than positive aspects and experience great distress.
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Physicians’ practice of discussing fertility preservation with cancer patients and the associated attitudes and barriers
TL;DR: The results suggest that physicians who are more likely to discuss fertility issues might feel more conflicted about whether they in fact should discuss such issues with patients with poor prognosis or insufficient time for cancer treatment, and the ASCO guidelines should be widely understood.
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