17 individual in-depth interviews of obstetricians and gynaecologists about their decision-making process during intrapartum emergencies

Anonymised transcripts of interviews conducted from Oct. 2018 to Feb. 2020. All interviews were carried out in a co-creative narrative form (i.e., interviews were constructed and given meaning jointly by interviewer and interviewee), and divided in two parts. The first half was prompted by the question: “can you recall an obstetric emergency situation that has left a memorable impression?” The second half was initiated after the interviewees had glanced through randomly selected books depicting images of various works of art. The interviewees were requested to find one or several images speaking to them about decision-making during obstetric emergencies, more specifically: “try to feel that the image is finding you, not that you are trying to fit your ideas into a particular image.” The interviewees were subsequently asked to draw a picture of the image, part of the image or a synthesis of several images, using crayons. Conversation about the images and the drawing ensued. The interviews were generally unstructured and free flowing. An interview guide was only used in the rare cases of a stalled conversation. The interviews were initially audiotaped and lasted from 35 to 97 min. (mean = 63 min.).