A Crisis of Meaning: How Gay Men Are Making Sense of AIDS

Psychotherapist Steven Schwartzberg's insight into the different "styles of adaptation" that gay men have developed to cope with the presence of the AIDS epidemic in their lives is framed by his intimate conversations with 19 men for whom the disease is a daily reality. Considering approaches that range from inner transformation to professed indifference, Schwartzberg holds back his judgment while stressing the importance of reaffirming life's meaning for both those dying and the community that survives them.