The scalpel and the silver bear / Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt.
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bantam Books,
2000.
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| Edition: | Bantam trade pbk. ed. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 204 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-204). |
| ISBN: | 9780553378009 0553378007 |