Heroic efforts the emotional culture of search and rescue volunteers / [electronic resource] :
Jennifer Lois.
- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
- xi, 233 p.
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.
Mountaineering--Search and rescue operations--United States--Case studies. Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations--Psychology--United States--Case studies.