title: Protection of children in research: beyond pediatric risk levels: the emergence of the research subject advocate.
abstract: The author describes the role of the research subject advocate (RSA), inaugurated in 2001, which adds a fourth level of protection for human research subjects.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Ethics Program, Clinicial and Translational Science Institute at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. TSILBER@cnmc.org
authors.forename: Tomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Silber
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D035842:Research Subjects; D055990:Therapeutic Misconception