title: 'Islamic fatalism': life and suffering among Bangladeshi psychiatric patients and their families in London--an interview study 2.
abstract: An interview study of 44 Bangladeshi patients and relatives in eastern London demonstrated frequent appeals to God and deprecation of personal agency. This paper offers an interpretation of this apparent 'fatalism', which argues for the logical downplaying of human agency and ambition in archaic Arabia, contemporary rural Sylhet and among first generation Sylheti migrants in London.
authors.affiliation: a Departments of Anthropology and Mental Health , University College London , Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT , UK.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Littlewood
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007514:Islam; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult