Heroic efforts [electronic resource] : the emotional culture of search and rescue volunteers / Jennifer Lois.

By: Lois, JenniferContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2003Description: xi, 233 pSubject(s): Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- United States -- Case studies | Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: GV200.183 | .L64 2003Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Studying Peak Search and Rescue -- Joining up -- Socializing heroes -- Dealing with crisis: rescuers' emotions -- Dealing with others in crisis: managing victims' and families' emotions -- Labeling heroes: letters from survivors and families -- The emotional rewards of rescue work -- Heroic efforts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-227) and index.

Studying Peak Search and Rescue -- Joining up -- Socializing heroes -- Dealing with crisis: rescuers' emotions -- Dealing with others in crisis: managing victims' and families' emotions -- Labeling heroes: letters from survivors and families -- The emotional rewards of rescue work -- Heroic efforts.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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