Akira Oba

Good communication with patients receiving bad news about cancer in Japan

Tatsuo Akechi, Nobuya Akizuki, Masako Okamura et al. · Psycho-Oncology · 2005 · 64 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Oncology +14

Usefulness of the nurse‐assisted screening and psychiatric referral program

Ken Shimizu, Tatsuo Akechi, Masako Okamura et al. · Cancer · 2005 · 62 citations

Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Psychiatry +16

Communication Skills Training for Japanese Oncologists on How to Break Bad News

Akira Oba, Koike Makiko, Masako Okamura et al. · Journal of Cancer Education · 2003 · 60 citations

Nursing, Communication, Oncology +16

Adding a Wider Range and “Hope for the Best, and Prepare for the Worst” Statement: Preferences of Patients with Cancer for Prognostic Communication

Masanori Mori, Hiroto Ishiki, Tomohiro Nishi et al. · The Oncologist · 2019 · 45 citations · Full text

Nursing, Communication, Oncology +15

Psychological distress in men with prostate cancer and their partners before and after cancer diagnosis: a longitudinal study

Akira Oba, Naoki Nakaya, Kumi Saito‐Nakaya et al. · Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2017 · 23 citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Psychology +13