title: Research involving wards of the state: protecting particularly vulnerable children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Sumeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wendler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007872:Legal Guardians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D033282:Parental Consent; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics; D012306:Risk; D013219:State Government; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence