title: Collaborative research by graduate students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Educators are challenged to prepare graduate students for future cooperative efforts by fostering collaboration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assumptions and beliefs about collaborative research are examined and a definition and ethical considerations are suggested. A sample letter of agreement is also provided.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Effective collaborative research is accomplished through planning and organization, and cannot be left to chance.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yonge
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Skillen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D001319:Authorship; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D004989:Ethics; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D015399:Nursing Research