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Author Lois, Jennifer.

Title Heroic efforts : the emotional culture of search and rescue volunteers / Jennifer Lois.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV200.183 .L64 2003    Available  ---
Description xi, 233 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
Contents Studying peaksearch 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.
Subject Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- United States -- Case studies.
Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations.
United States.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations.
Psychology.
Genre/Form Case studies.
ISBN 0814751830 hardback alkaline paper
0814751849 paperback alkaline paper