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November 29, 2002
A: The author is Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, the first Navajo
woman surgeon.
Bonus A: The scalpel is an image of Western medicine and the
Silver Bear is
an image from the author's Native American tribe ("Tsi'naajinii,
a
black-streaked-wood person from one of the bear clans").
The author's
philosophy of medicine is a combination of modern Western
medicine and
traditional Native methods of healing.
References:
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/Scalpel.html
and http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v283n3/ffull/jbk0119-3.html
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GEM-SCHOLARS WHO ANSWERED THE QUESTION
CORRECTLY: ABBE Y. IN CT, ALEXIS K. IN VA, ASHLEY H. IN NJ,
ASHLEY S. IN TN, CAROLINE H. IN MA, ERIN R. IN KY, GRACE N.
IN KY, JENNY IN AR, JESSICA D. IN VT, KHANDIS C. IN TX, KATHRYN
T. IN VA, KELLY B. IN PA, MAGGIE K.IN CT, RACHELLE C.IN PA,
RUTH O. IN NH, SARAH D., TEJA H. IN MA
The following scholars answered the bonus question correctly:
Alexis K. in VA, Ashley H. in NJ, Caroline H. in MA, Erin
R. in KY, Grace N. in KY, Jenny in AR, Jessica D. in VT, Kathryn
T. in VA, Kelly B. in PA, Maggie K. in CT, Rachelle C. in
PA, Sarah D., Teja H. in MA
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