Traditional Navajo Medicine Vs Modern Medicine
LStudy: Medicine
Editorial: E.C (2000)
Author: Alvord, L. & Van Pelt
Video Review
THE VIDEO EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODERN MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Dr. Alvord lived in different worlds because the Scalpel shows her passion for her career as a surgeon and the silver bear represents her Navajo heritage.
Living in two different worlds
The Scalpel and the Silver Bear
Modern Medicine
In this inspiring memoir, Alvord, assisted by Van Pelt, describes her endeavors to integrate a Navaho approach to healing with high-tech medical procedures.
Navajo Medicine
"When a person is ill, a song is sung to heal. For this to be effective, that person must let the song sink into her body and allow it to penetrate to even the cellular level of her being. In a sense she must breath it in," writes Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord
Medical School Mentor
Chapter 4
Youth and Experiences
Chapter 2
Early years as Physician
Chapter 3
Arguments about itroducing Navajo Medicine
Chapter 14
Incorporated Navajo to healing surgical
Chapter 5-8
Combined her two worlds
Chapter 9
Timeline Dr. Alvord
The book tell us how minority women face lots of adversities in order to pursue their dreams.
Conclusion
She integrated the two worlds by advocating the two different medicine practices to blend into a strong form of medicine that would help different cultures not only the western or the Navajo cultures.
Integrated two Worlds
