Reviewing one’s life, then, may be a general response to crises of various types, of which imminent death seems to be one instance. It is also likely that the degree to which approaching death is seen as a function of individual personality. The explicit hypothesis intended here, however, is that the biological fact of approaching death, independent of-although possibly reinforced by-personal and environmental circumstances, prompts the life review.Manifestations of the life review.The life review, as a looking-back process that has been set in motion by looking forward to death, potentially proceeds toward personality reorganization.