Preface: "The monograph Family – Health – Disease is a part of an interdisciplinary issue on the impact health and disease have on the family. It includes eleven chapters, eight of which are case reports, while the remaining three are original studies. The authors of the individual chapters are doctors, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, biologists and psychologists who are involved in academic activities and teaching in various units, including medical students. Both the structure and content of the individual chapters of the monograph reflect the editors’ intent in the title very well. Furthermore, they make research contributions to the discipline of medical and health sciences."(...)