title: Encounter with death: The thought of Robert Jay Lifton.
abstract: Robert Jay Lifton begins his work in the psychosocial framework that he takes over from Erik Erikson. Lifton's thought is based upon a central paradigm-"death and the continuity of life." Lifton makes important contributions with his five modes of symbolic immortality and with his investigation of the psychological themes in survivors. The origins and limits of Lifton's thought are critically examined.
authors.affiliation: Harford Pastoral Counseling Service, Berl Air, Maryland.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lageman