Table 1.
FGI guide for GPs. The same questions were used in the FGIs with hospital physicians, with the exception of those written in italics.
| Presentation of the project by the means of a poster – the focus area is general practice. (speak loudly and clearly, not at the same time, and be aware of mutual confidentiality) |
| Opening question: |
| - A short round where you present yourself by name, age, working place, and type of practice. |
| - How do you define the concept of rehabilitation for cancer patients? |
| - How do you see the GP's role in the rehabilitation process? (What and how?) |
| - What happens when a cancer patient is discharged from the hospital after the end of treatment? (Does the patient contact you? What are the problems? What happens next?) |
| - What rehabilitation needs do you experience a typical cancer patient to have? |
| - We are working with a broad definition of rehabilitation. Therefore, I will now ask more carefully regarding specific areas that we would like to cover. Some of the issues have already been mentioned, but we would like to know more about: |
| - Physical (are the needs met?) |
| - Psychological |
| - Social |
| - Educational and occupational |
| - Material needs (rehabilitation aids, wage decreases) |
| - How do you coordinate and support the patient in the rehabilitation process? (Who can help or assist you? What do you wish for/need? What do you do yourselves?) |
| - What rehabilitation possibilities can you offer the patient? (And what is the purpose?) |
| - What rehabilitation possibilities are needed? (Are they applied?) And who should do the follow-up? |
| - In the context of the current discussion: What du you think the GP's role in the rehabilitation process is? (Who should coordinate, how should it be prioritized?) |
| Danish law says that a plan for effective and quick retraining should be available at discharge. Do you experience that the patients receive this? Does it work as intended? |
| - Concluding questions: |
| - We have discussed rehabilitation, is there anything we have missed? |
| - Are there any special messages we should bring with us? |
| Thank you very much |