Family Relationships and Family Justice in Europe: Changes and Challenges

Abstract

The huge diversity in family life and living arrangements across the globe has far‐reaching implications for the ways in which families are supported and family justice is administered. Given the serious concerns about the number of relationships that break down and the potentially detrimental impacts on children and their parents, it is essential to understand the triggers threatening the stability of couple relationships, including the financial stresses caused by the recent global recession and accompanying fiscal austerity. Since family relationships are central to the psychological, emotional, social, and economic well‐being of adults and children everywhere, policy makers and practitioners should collaborate across international boundaries to develop interventions that promote family well‐being, secure the best interests of children, and ensure the conditions and systems in which families can thrive.

The Quality of Life of Patients with Colorectal Cancer and a Stoma in China: A Quantitative Cross-sectional Study

“…20 Financial status affected the sleep and social and family relationships domains; if individuals can afford the costs of care, they and their families experience less anxiety, improving QOL. 21,22 Having an ileostomy, a temporary stoma, or a complication and having stoma baseplate cared for by others were also found to affect four domains of QOL. An ileostomy is always temporary and may be harder to care for and accompanied by complications, thus lowering QOL.…”

“…Stage of cancer affected concerns related to the stoma and social and family relationships; individuals in early cancer stages with a stoma may have better QOL because the tumor is often close to the anus, are less likely to need chemical treatment or radiation therapy, and have a lower cost burden than with advanced stages of cancer 20 . Financial status affected the sleep and social and family relationships domains; if individuals can afford the costs of care, they and their families experience less anxiety, improving QOL 21,22 …”