The scalpel and the silver bear

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The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

Introduction

The traditional and the modern approach to medicine have improved the people 's health . This statement is clearly shown in the book , The Scalpel and the Silver Bear by Dr . Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt . Dr . Lori is a Native American woman who claims that she is the first Navajo woman to be a surgeon in the United States of America . Having being raised in Navajo and studied in Dartmouth College and

Stanford University School of Medicine , Dr . Lori combines the two approaches of the modern and traditional healing . This book compares the modern practice of medicine to the Navajo traditional way of healing through the Dr . Lori 's perspective and many stories that shows the differences and similarities between the modern and traditional approach to Medicine . The book also provides the cultural and historical background of the Native American people and it also advocates for the combination of both of the Western and the Navajo traditions as an approach to healing processes (Alvord Scalpel and the Silver Bear

In looking at how the traditional and the modern approach has helped to improve the health of the people , Dr Alvord , being the first Navajo woman surgeon , learnt to integrate the modern way of medicine into the spirit-based Native American culture way of healing . She combined the western medicine and the traditional healing . In the book The Scalpel and the Silver Bear , Dr . Alvord believed in...