01751cam a2200397 4500 288273762 TxAuBib 20161018120000.0 010302|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780553378009 0553378007 ICrlF ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Alvord, Lori Arviso. The scalpel and the silver bear / Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt. Bantam trade pbk. ed. New York : Bantam Books, 2000. 1999. xi, 204 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (page [203]-204). Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL.) The author, the first Navajo woman surgeon, tells the story of how she was able to cut across cultural, class, and educational borders to become a part of the medical world; and discusses how she came to understand the power of Navajo thinking about health and illness to impact some of modern medicine's most daunting problems. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20161018. Alvord, Lori Arviso. Women surgeons United States Biography. Women surgeons Biography. Navajo women United States Biography. Navajo women Biography. Minorities in medicine United States Biography. Minorities in medicine Biography. Navajo Indians United States Social life and customs. Navajo Indians Social life and customs. Van Pelt, Elizabeth Cohen.