Bioethics journalBioethics journal2070-15862782-6589Volgograd State Medical University55188Research ArticleDiabetes mellitus: socio-ethical aspects and issuesFarberE. Vlawyer, assistant Professor of the medical law departmentflame-738@mail.ruSergeevY. DCorresponding Member of the RAS, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, MD, professor, Head of the Department of Medical Lawassociation@med-law.ruShurupovaR. VDoctor of Sociological Sciences, PhD (pedagogy), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Theory and Technology of Education in higher educationakraisa@gmail.comSechenov First Moscow State Medical University1512201692424415122020Copyright © 2016, Farber E.V., Sergeev Y.D., Shurupova R.V.2016The article describes the directions and reasons for research in diabetes mellitus. Despite great advances in diagnosing and treating this endocrine disorder, the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus is increasing every year. This has become a matter of great concern not only for many countries, medical and patient organizations and associations, but also for the entire world community, encompassing non-medical researchers. Diabetes mellitus has significant social implications, thus causing great costs to the economy in many countries. Therefore, more money is invested now in prevention of diabetes through diabetes-screening programs which include medical examinations and identifying patients who do not know they have it. Interdisciplinary studies in the fields of medicine, bioethics, law, sociology, etc. focus on the doctor-patient relationships and diabetes mellitus. The article provides examples of a range of approaches to the doctor-patient relationships and analyzes their positive and negative aspects. In addition to this, the article reviews recent projects that evaluate personalized prevention of diabetes mellitus and describes the risk factors for developing diabetes (except hereditary factors).diabetes mellitussocially significant diseasedoctor-patient relationshippersonalized preventionсахарный диабетсоциально значимое заболеваниесистема взаимоотношений «врач-пациент»персонализированная профилактика[Демичева О. Мы преодолеем. // Медицинский вестник. - 2014. - № 29 (678). С. 16-17.][Министерство здравоохранения Российской Федерации [Электронный ресурс]. - Режим доступа: https://www.rosminzdrav.ru/news/2016/04/07 (дата обращения 21.05.2016)][Официальный текст резолюции ООН о сахарном диабете [Электронный ресурс]. - Режим доступа: http://www.insulinpump.ru/oficialnyj-tekst-rezolyucii-oon-o-saxarnom-diabete/ (дата обращения 17.05.2016)][Самородская И. Непослушные пациенты. // Медицинский вестник. - 2015. - № 1-2 (686-687). - С. 20-21.][Седова Н. Н. Биоэтика: учебник / Н. Н. Седова. -М.: КНОРУС, 2016. С. 127-128][Сергеев Ю. Д. Ненадлежащее оказание медицинской помощи и пути ее профилактики -сверхактуальная научно-практическая проблема. // Медицинское право. - 2016. - № 2 (66). С. 3-5.][Сидоров П. И., Соловьев А. Г., Мулькова Н. Н., Новикова И. А. Качество жизни больных сахарным диабетом. // Проблемы социальной гигиены, здравоохранения и истории медицины. - 2007. - № 2. С. 20-23.][Сокол А.Ф., Шурупова Р.В. Современный врач: особенности и пути совершенствования. Бер-Шева. 2014. - С. 36-37][Geidl W, Hentschke C, Pfeifer K. Körperliche Aktivität und psychosoziale Korrelate. Diabetologe. 2013. 9: 587 -590 DOI 10.1007/s11428-013-1134-7.][Maier B. Psychologische Aspekte: Lebensstiländerung und diabetesbezogene Belastungen. Deutscher Gesundheitsbericht Diabetes. 2015. S. 139-150.][Maier B. Psychologische Aspekte bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Typ-1-Diabetes. // Deutscher Gesundheitsbericht Diabetes. 2016. S. 44-50.][Nygren M., Carstensen J., Koch F. et al. Experience of serious life event increases the risk for childhood type 1 diabetes: the ABIS population-based prospective cohort study. Diabetologia. 2015; 58: 1188 - 1197.][Donika A.D., Chernyshkova E.V., Andriyanova E.A. Bioethical content of current studies on professiogenesis problems in medicine // Биоэтика. - 2016. - № 1 (17). - С. 34-38.]