On the critical contribution of in situ social-behavioural research during COVID-19:

A rejoinder to ‘Collecting qualitative data during a pandemic’ by David Silverman

Authors

  • Rick Iedema Kings College London
  • Christine Jorm University of Newcastle; University of New England
  • Donella Piper NSW Regional Health Partners

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.19754

Keywords:

Forum Discussion

Author Biographies

  • Rick Iedema, Kings College London

    Rick Iedema is Professor and Director of the Centre for Team-based Practice & Learning in Health Care at King’s College London, UK, where he oversees the interprofessional learning programme for King’s nine healthcare disciplines. His most recent books include Visualising Health Care Improvement (2013, Taylor & Francis), Communicating Quality and Safety in Health Care (2015, Cambridge University Press), Video Reflexive Ethnography in Health Research and Healthcare Improvement (2019, Taylor & Francis), and Affected: Becoming Undone & Potentiation (2020, Palgrave-Macmillan).

  • Christine Jorm, University of Newcastle; University of New England

    Christine Jorm has doctorates in neuropharmacology and sociology and practiced as an anaesthetist before moving to roles focused on improving the safety and quality of care at unit, institutional and national levels. Most recently she has been Director of NSW Regional Health Partners, based in Newcastle, Australia. In this role she has been working to accelerate the translation of research into practice order to improve regional and rural health. Her PhD thesis explored aspects of medical culture, leading to a book titled Reconstructing Medical Practice – Engagement, Professionalism and Critical Relationships in Health Care (2012, Gower).

  • Donella Piper, NSW Regional Health Partners

    Donella Piper is employed by the Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network as the Program Manager and Evaluator for the Embedded Economist Program, a program funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and coordinated by NSW Regional Health Partners. She is an experienced researcher, and a lawyer by background, and she has a PhD in social science and healthcare from the University of Technology Sydney.

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2021-09-29

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2020)

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Forum Discussion

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Iedema, R., Jorm, C., & Piper, D. (2021). On the critical contribution of in situ social-behavioural research during COVID-19:: A rejoinder to ‘Collecting qualitative data during a pandemic’ by David Silverman. Communication and Medicine, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.19754