Polly has a deep interest in analysing complex work practices within health care settings and is currently undertaking a PhD thesis by publication at Western Sydney University, focused on the professional identity of social work in 21st century practice settings.

McDonald, D., Boddy, J., O’Callaghan, K. & Chester, P. (2015). Ethical professional writing in social work and human services. Ethics & Social Welfare. doi: 10.1080/17496535.2015.1009481

Fronek, P. & Chester, P. (2016). Moral outrage: social workers in the third space. Ethics & Social Welfare, 10(2). doi: 10.1080/17496535.2016.1151908

Chester, P., Ehrlich, C., Warburton, L., Baker, D., Kendall, E. & Crompton, D. (2016). “What is the work of recovery oriented practice? A systematic literature review”. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/inm.12241

Beaumont, E., Chester, P. & Rideout, H. (2017). Navigating ethical challenges in social media: social work student and practitioner perspectives. Australian Social Work, 70(2). doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2016.1274416

Ehrilch, C., Chester, P., Kisely, S., Crompton, D. & Kendall, E. (2017). Making sense of self-care practices at the intersection of severe mental illness and physical health – An Australian study. Health and Social Care in the Community. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12473

Mattner, S., Ehrlich, C., Chester, P., Crompton, D. & Kendall, E. (2017). Self-determination: what do people who experience severe mental illness want from public mental health services? International Journal of Integrated Care, 17(3), doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.3162

Condon, A., Johns, L. & Chester, P. (2018). Utilizing and autoethnographic case study approach to explore patient-centred care and its principles in an oncology and palliative care setting. Illness, Crisis & Loss. doi: 10.1177/1054137318800862

Ehrlich, C., Slattery, M., Chester, P., Blythe, A., Vilic, G. & Crompton, D. (2019). What happens when peer support workers are introduced as members of community-based mental health service delivery teams: A qualitative study. Journal of Interprofessional Care.