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Finding the solutions to modern medicine's most daunting problems was far from the mind of a girl from a small, dusty town on a Navajo reservation. But Lori Arviso Alvord would leave the traditional hogans of her people to attend the prestigious Stanford University Medical School and become the first Navajo woman surgeon. Only after conquering the high-tech realm of the operating room would this extraordinarily talented doctor realize something was...
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[2009]
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"An oncologist in the professional fast lane hits a detour when a desperately ill patient kidnaps him at gunpoint. Across highways and backroads, kidnapper and hostage seek a fabled Navajo healing place while a manhunt closes in on them. Miles roll by quickly, but the distance between the men is not so easily bridged. At the same time, the doctor starts recovering something lost during his grab for wealth and status: his humanity. Through narrow escapes...
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