Ethnographic notes and transcribed interviews with nurses and doctors on biomedical ethics, improvisation and duty to care

This dataset contains my interviews with doctors and nurses working in public facilities in Gauteng, South Africa. The document comprises direct transcriptions of telephonic and on-site interviews and a few ethnographic notes. The document is in PDF; therefore, any PDF reader could be used to assess it. The dataset speaks explores healthcare workers’ praxis of biomedical ethics in a healthcare system that has been ravaged by structural challenges evidenced by poor management, shortages of biomedical supplies, staff, and equipment. By following the narratives of healthcare professionals, the researcher examined the ways in which they attempt to fulfill their duty to care for patients by working around and through situations. Through this dataset the researcher was able to make visible the tools, techniques, practices, and processes they engage in to negotiate and achieve patient care.

本数据集收录了笔者对南非豪登省（Gauteng）公立医疗机构医护人员的访谈内容。数据集包含电话访谈与现场访谈的原始转录文本，以及若干民族志笔记。该数据集以PDF格式存储，可通过任意PDF阅读器读取查阅。

本数据集聚焦于医护人员的生物医学伦理实践：其所处的医疗体系因管理不善、生物医学物资、人员与设备短缺等结构性问题而遭受重创。研究者通过梳理医护人员的叙事文本，探析其如何在各类困境中周旋应对、突破限制，以践行救治患者的职责。借助本数据集，研究者得以清晰呈现医护人员为协调与达成患者救治所运用的各类工具、技术、实践手段与流程。