Exploring Psychosocial Needs of Patients with Cancers through the Lens of the Physicians and Nurses: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

Semistructured interview guide.

The needs of patients with cancer	(1) In your experience with people with cancer, what kind of needs do you think they have?
	(2) When caring for cancer patients, what importance is given to psychosocial needs? How do you think this area is currently being assessed? What difficulties do you perceive in making this assessment?
	(3) Which professionals would be responsible for evaluating these psychosocial needs, at what level of care should this assessment be carried out (referring to specialized hospital care/primary care), have you made referrals to a psychologist/psychiatrist and/or social worker?
	(4) What training have you received on these topics?
Proposals for improving psychosocial care	(5) What is your opinion of the information given to these patients about resources or support services (psychology, social work)?
	(6) How do you think the detection of psychosocial needs in people with cancer can be improved?