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Peer reviewedWerth, James L., Jr. – Counseling Psychologist, 1992
Reviews literature on suicide and terminal illnesses. Examines suicide rate for persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Explores physical and psychosocial factors that may contribute to decision by person with AIDS to commit suicide. Applies Siegel's criteria for rational suicide to case of person with AIDS. Examines role of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Psychotherapy, Suicide, Terminal Illness
Peer reviewedSmith, Douglas C. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1994
Suggests and describes a six-session group for people with AIDS. Each session is related to a theoretical base and includes a related activity. Sessions are intended to meet psychological needs of the dying. In evaluations, participants recommend the format to others with AIDS. Includes 25 references. (Author/CRR)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Counseling Techniques, Death, Group Counseling
Peer reviewedLevy, Joseph J.; Nouss, Alexis – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1993
Reviews novels dealing with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, noting that their perspectives on death can be extracted through content analysis. Concludes that, overall, these novels present weak symbolization about death with rituals that are not highly elaborated and that complex images of the afterlife are not offered.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Death, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality
Peer reviewedGochros, Harvey L. – Social Work, 1992
Explores sexual needs and expression of gay men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Explores several potential positive functions of sustained sex life for these men and factors that inhibit sexual expression. Discusses issues influencing social work practice related to sexual needs of this growing population. Presents suggestions…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Patterns, Homosexuality, Males
Peer reviewedPiccirillo, Emily – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1995
A therapist recounts her experiences working in a large AIDS long-term care facility in New York City, and the value of art therapy in helping infected people deal with the unpredictable effects of the virus. (JPS)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Art Therapy, Higher Education, Personal Narratives
Peer reviewedHuber, Jeffrey T. – Death Studies, 1993
Notes that diagnosis of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) continues to denote death sentence. Contends that AIDS is unique terminal illness in that no other single disease in history of American legal system has generated more litigation than AIDS. Examines medico-legal issues associated with AIDS-related death: estate planning,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Court Litigation, Death, Grief
Peer reviewedGetzel, George S. – Social Work, 1991
Describes four modes of positive survival with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and analyzes them as they appear in support groups for people with AIDS. Sees beneficent, artistic-spiritual, heroic, and rational-instrumental survival modes as compromise solutions to fears of life and death described by Rank. Calls analysis nonpejorative…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Coping, Death
Peer reviewedAnderson, Gary R. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1994
Discusses problems experienced by families who have child who is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or who has Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), noting that child with HIV/AIDS in family usually means at least one parent also has HIV/AIDS. Urges professionals to think of family, rather than individual, and to plan services for…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Children, Chronic Illness
Peer reviewedBeckerman, Nancy L. – Death Studies, 1995
Explores many dimensions of suicide among the terminally ill, including preemptive, surcease, and rational suicide. The critical issues addressed are the incidence of suicide in HIV-positive individuals, contributing factors associated with the risk of suicide among people with HIV/AIDS, and the clinical and ethical implications of this issue for…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Case Studies, Counselor Role, Death
Peer reviewedHayslip, Bert, Jr.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1992
Administered measures of overt and covert fear of death to 20 healthy men and 13 men diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Groups did not differ significantly on overt measure; AIDS group had higher total scores on covert measure. Findings suggest that one's life trajectory is redefined when the diagnosis of terminal illness…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Anxiety, College Students, Coping
Peer reviewedHolt, Jennifer L.; Houg, Bonnie L.; Romano, John L. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1999
Reviews the salient literature concerning the relationship between HIV/AIDS clients' counseling and spiritual issues. Three broad themes are used: terminal illness issues, religious disenfranchisement, and multicultural spiritual and religious issues. Practical recommendations for counselors and research implications are included. (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedRange, Lillian M.; Alliston, Jerry R. – Death Studies, 1995
Undergraduates (n=296) read a fictional vignette concerning a person diagnosed with either terminal cancer or AIDS, and for varying lengths of time. Student reactions indicated that a person with AIDS is associated with greater stigma than a person with another fatal disease, regardless of how long ago the diagnosis was made. (JPS)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cancer, Clinical Diagnosis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBivens, Alexander J.; And Others – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1995
Grouped gay and bisexual men into three categories to determine their levels of death fear and threat, and these factors' relation to religiosity. Uninfected men who worked with AIDS patients exhibited the lowest fear of a premature death. Religion served as a moderately effective coping strategy for premature death. (RJM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Bisexuality, Correlation, Death
Peer reviewedRogers, James R.; Britton, Paula J. – Counseling Psychologist, 1994
Responds to Werth's (1992) arguing for rational suicide for individuals diagnosed with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Commends Werth's willingness to address issue of rational suicide for individuals diagnosed with AIDS, but expresses concerns about data supporting his rationale and implications for counseling psychology and society…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Competence, Counseling Services, Decision Making
Peer reviewedIngram, Ellen; Ellis, Jon B. – Death Studies, 1995
College students (n=228) completed a suicide ideation questionnaire and read one of 4 scenarios: cancer, AIDS, schizophrenia, and depression. People in the cancer and AIDS scenario were viewed as the most justified in committing suicide. Suicide ideators saw the people in the scenarios as justified in committing suicide more often than did…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cancer, College Students, Depression (Psychology)
