Conference paper
THE D.A.M.A. PROJECT AT TERNI HOSPITAL, ITALY
Domenico Frondizi
; Clinical Neurophysiology Division, Neuroscience Department, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Stefano Cappanera
; Infectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Medicine, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Rita Commissari
; Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Marsilio Francucci
; Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Massimo Rizzo
; Presidium Medical Management, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Donatella Perugini
; Nursing Department Nurse Chief, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Lorella Angeli
; DAMA Centre Nurse, St. Maria Hospital, Terni, Italy
Sandro Elisei
; Serafico Institute, Assisi, Perugia, Italy
Abstract
Experience shows how difficult it is for a person with disabilities to cope with the reality of a hospital, especially if he or she has
an intellectual disability. The difficulty in carrying out even simple diagnostic and therapeutic manoeuvres, the complexity of the
pathologies, the difficulty in relating to the patient all make it a real risk that many medical problems of patients with disa bilities are
overlooked or denied altogether. The person with a disability has the right to all care, not only that related to his or her pa rticular
pathology, but also that required for other specialist or general pathologies. The UN Convention clearly states the rights of p ersons
with disabilities. The Italian Republic has implemented the UN's declaration with Law 18/2009. The rights enshrined in Article 25 of
the UN Convention are also concretely applied in the European Charter of Patients' Rights. The right of people with disabilities to be
treated on an equal and non-discriminatory basis is also recalled by His Holiness Pope Francis in his latest encyclical. The DA MA
(Disabled Advanced Medical Assistance) Hospital project was created to guarantee the right to health and care of people with
disabilities, always, by remodelling its diagnostic and care procedures. The CAD/DAMA Service of the Terni Hospital since 2018
has adopted the DAMA project and also since 2018 has been collaborating with the Seraficio Institute of Assisi. The aim of the
CAD/DAMA Service is also to promote and implement research in this area of care and training for healthcare professionals on
disability and related issues.
Keywords
disability; intellectual disability; autism spectrum disorders; medical assistence in disability; diagnosis in disability
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270219
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Publication date:
4.12.2021.
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