Heroic efforts : the emotional culture of search and rescue volunteers /

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Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions SectionMany search and rescue workers voluntarily interrupt their lives when they are called upon to help strangers. They awake in the middle of the night to cover miles of terr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lois, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Mountaineering > Search and rescue operations > United States > Case studies.
Volunteer workers in search and rescue operations > United States > Psychology > Case studies.
Secours en montagne > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Bénévoles dans les opérations de recherche et de sauvetage > États-Unis > Psychologie > Études de cas.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Mountaineering.
Mountaineering > Search and rescue operations.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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