Survival modes for people with AIDS in groups.
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.
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Hunter College, School of Social Work, New York, NY 10021.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012944:Social Support