The "rescue personality": Fact or fiction?

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2005, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 29-43

  Wagner, Shannon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Critical Incident Stress Debriefing; Emergency services; Fire; Personality; Police; Rescue; Traumatic event

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244450182     PISSN: 11744707     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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