[Normative behavior and the health of the individual. An example from an Islamic community].

Abstract

The problems of individuality are demonstrated in the traditional Punjabi-Muslim society. The individual, as an independent social unit with its needs and reactions, does not exist. Hence the idea of health and disease in an individual is expressed only as in pars familiae. In spite of this the individual resists the oppression. This is demonstrated by the example of the female individual.