Vieira IC, Pita JR, Pereira AL. [Assisting diabetics in Portugal: the structuring role of the Association to Protect Poor Diabetics, 1926-1946].
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos 2024;
31:e2024007. [PMID:
38597565 PMCID:
PMC11000573 DOI:
10.1590/s0104-59702024000100007]
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Abstract
Assistance to diabetics in Portugal was quintessentially linked to the 1926 foundation of the Association to Protect Poor Diabetics (Associação Protetora dos Diabéticos Pobres) which was decisive in structuring diabetology in Portugal. This article shows how during the first half of the twentieth century, this association helped create a model of assistance for diabetics in this country based on the principles of modern diabetology. First, we examine its functional and clinical organization to comply with assistance policy during the New State period in Portugal. Next, we depict the organization of the assistance model, which included treatment and education of poor patients with diabetes.
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