The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine andtraditional healing.
A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable bookdescribes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modernmedicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico--and tobring the values of her people to a medical care system in dangerof losing its heart.
Dr. Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for StanfordUniversity Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon.Rising above the odds presented by her own culture and themale-dominated world of surgeons, she returned to the reservationto find a new challenge. In dramatic encounters, Dr. Alvordwitnessed the power of belief to influence health, for good or forill. She came to merge the latest breakthroughs of medical sciencewith the ancient tribal paths to recovery and wellness, followingthe Navajo philosophy of a balanced and harmonious life, calledWalking in Beauty. And now, in bringing these principles to theworld of medicine, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear joinsthose few rare works, such as Healing and the Mind, whoseideas have changed medical practices-and our understanding of theworld.
【作者简介】
Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., is now the associate dean ofminority and student affairs at Dartmouth Medical School. She livesin New Hampshire with her husband, Jon, and two children, Kodiakand Kaitlyn.
Elizabeth Cohen van Pelt is a staff writer with the New YorkPost. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter.
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