La Loggia Alfonso
Diabetes Unit for Children and Adolescents, Health Service n. 2, Caltanissetta, Italy.
Acta Biomed. 2003;74 Suppl 1:38-40.
Two fundamental acts: "Provisions for the prevention and the cure of the diabetes mellitus" of 1987 and "Convention on the rights of the child, New York, 20 November 1989" of 1991, are a clear reference to the many laws promulgated in Italy protecting the special needs of children and adolescents with diabetes. In particular these acknowledge and emphasize the social value of the disease, the importance of the relationship with families and the infrequent need of hospital treatments. To give adequate answers to the need of self-management, it is essential to involve an integrated multidisciplinary team, adequately formed in order to supply an educational therapeutic intervention, based on medical aid and oriented on psycho pedagogy and social assistance. Cooperation and integration among health services of the territory, hospitals and social services for the complete protection of patients with diabetes--not only of their disease--are therefore necessary. Adequate laws can perhaps influence the quality of treatment and the quality of life in children with diabetes.
1987年的《糖尿病防治规定》和1991年的《儿童权利公约》（纽约，1989年11月20日）这两项基本法案，明确提及了意大利颁布的许多保护糖尿病儿童和青少年特殊需求的法律。特别是这些法律承认并强调了该疾病的社会价值、与家庭关系的重要性以及住院治疗需求的不频繁性。为了充分满足自我管理的需求，组建一个综合的多学科团队至关重要，该团队要经过充分培训，以便基于医疗援助，以心理教育学和社会援助为导向，提供教育治疗干预。因此，为了全面保护糖尿病患者——不仅是他们的疾病——地区卫生服务机构、医院和社会服务机构之间的合作与整合是必要的。适当的法律或许会影响糖尿病儿童的治疗质量和生活质量。
