title: Winning ways with research proposals and reports.
abstract: This paper is the first of a series of six on the evaluation of clinical treatments. It explains the steps involved in drawing up research proposals and reports, with emphasis on the importance of planning. Later papers will cover literature searches, setting aims, designing the evaluation and presenting results.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirk-Smith
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014956:Writing