Alvord Book Review Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Alvord Book Review Alvord, A. L. (1999). The scalpel and the silver bear: The first Navajo woman surgeon combines Western medicine and traditional healing. New York City, NY: Bantam Books. In this remarkable book, surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord takes readers on an enthralling journey between 2 worlds. She describes her efforts to bring Western medicine to an indigenous reservation in the town of Gallup, New Mexico. The author encountered a number of challenges, barriers and opportunities in the medical and educational system which impacted her training as a medical doctor. Lori Arviso Alvord is the dau