The scalpel and the silver bear
- Author/Creator:
- Alvord, Lori Arviso
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Bantam Books, 2000
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- Bantam trade pbk. ed.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The scalpel and the silver bear / Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt
- Related/Included Titles:
- Chantways --
Walking the path between worlds --
Journey down the medicine path --
Life out of balance --
Rez dogs and crow dreams --
Ceremony medicine --
Spiritual surgery --
"Navajo Plague" --
Two weddings --
At the big medicine space --
"Do Not Try to Count the Stars" --
Spirit Horse's bridle --
Knotted sash --
Mount Taylor in the rearview mirror.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Cohen, Elizabeth
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Biography
- Subjects:
- Alvord, Lori Arviso
Physicians, Women
General Surgery
Women surgeons--United States--Biography
Navajo women--United States--Biography
Navajo Indians--United States--Social life and customs
Minorities in medicine--United States--Biography
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Chantways -- ch. 2. Walking the path between worlds -- ch. 3. Journey down the medicine path -- ch. 4. Life out of balance -- ch. 5. Rez dogs and crow dreams -- ch. 6. Ceremony medicine -- ch. 7. Spiritual surgery -- ch. 8. "Navajo Plague" -- ch. 9. Two weddings -- ch. 10. At the big medicine space -- ch. 11. "Do Not Try to Count the Stars" -- ch. 12. Spirit Horse's bridle -- ch. 13. Knotted sash -- ch. 14. Mount Taylor in the rearview mirror.
- Summary:
- In a remarkable book that takes the reader on a spellbinding journey between two worlds, surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord describes her struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico--and to bring the values of her people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xi, 204 pages ; 21 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936658872302486
- ISBN:
- 9780553378009
0553378007 - OCLC Number:
- 990026328
- Barcode:
- 010003022630
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