title: Survival modes for people with AIDS in groups.
abstract: Four modes of positive survival with AIDS are described and analyzed as they appear in support groups for people with AIDS. The beneficent, artistic-spiritual, heroic, and rational-instrumental survival modes are seen as compromise solutions to the twin fears of life and death described by Rank. This analysis is a nonpejorative means of validating group members' efforts to deal with the wounds and challenges of disease.
authors.affiliation: Hunter College, School of Social Work, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Getzel
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012944:Social Support