TY - JOUR T1 - Setting the results of individual studies in context JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 40 LP - 40 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.2.40 VL - 1 IS - 2 AU - Iain Chalmers Y1 - 1998/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/2/40.1.abstract N2 - Felicitations on the birth of Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) and best wishes for the future. I was particularly glad to see that you have made a start on working out how to select reliable studies reporting qualitative data.The first issue of EBN prompts me to write with a suggestion which I hope you will consider implementing as the journal matures. I think it is potentially misleading to concentrate on abstracting individual studies (as EBN has begun to) unless either the authors or the … ER -