SCALPEL AND THE SILVER BEAR
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2000年6月 第1版
- ISBN 9780553378009
- 定价 138.00
内容简介
ThefirstNavajowomansurgeoncombineswesternmedicineandtraditionalhealing.Aspellbindingjourneybetweentwoworlds,thisremarkablebookdescribessurgeonLoriArvisoAlvord'sstrugglestobringmodernmedicinetotheNavajoreservationinGallup,NewMexico--andtobringthevaluesofherpeopletoamedicalcaresystemindangeroflosingitsheart.Dr.AlvordleftadustyreservationinNewMexicoforStanfordUniversityMedicalSchool,becomingthefirstNavajowomansurgeon.Risingabovetheoddspresentedbyherowncultureandthemale-dominatedworldofsurgeons,shereturnedtothereservationtofindanewchallenge.Indramaticencounters,Dr.Alvordwitnessedthepowerofbelieftoinfluencehealth,forgoodorforill.Shecametomergethelatestbreakthroughsofmedicalsciencewiththeancienttribalpathstorecoveryandwellness,followingtheNavajophilosophyofabalancedandharmoniouslife,calledWalkinginBeauty.Andnow,inbringingtheseprinciplestotheworldofmedicine,TheScalpelandtheSilverBearjoinsthosefewrareworks,suchasHealingandtheMind,whoseideashavechangedmedicalpractices-andourunderstandingoftheworld.
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