McNeill, Fraser G.2024-02-192024-02-192024-04-282023-11-27*A2024http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94716DOI: https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.24613593.v1Dissertation (MSocSci (Anthropology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.This dissertation 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, I examine the ways in which they attempt to fulfill their duty to care for patients by working around and through situations. I make visible the tools, techniques, practices, and processes they engage in to negotiate and achieve patient care. I argue that although certain actions of healthcare professionals may appear unethical from the bioethical fundamentalist’s viewpoint, my evidence suggests that healthcare workers mostly perceive such situations less as a deviation from clinical ethics but as praxis of it.en© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.UCTDHealthcare workersSDG-03: Good health and well-beingSDG-10: Reduces inequalitiesSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsImprovisationEthicsPraxisDissertationU20770112