The death gap : how inequality kills /
David A. Ansell, MD.
- xviii, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-222) and index.
Preface: one street, two worlds -- American roulette -- Structural violence and the death gap -- Location, location, location -- Perception is reality -- The three Bs: beliefs, behavior, biology -- Fire and rain: life and death in natural disasters -- Mass incarceration, premature death, and community health -- Immigration status and health inequality -- The US health care system: separate and unequal -- The poison pill: the Affordable Care Act -- Community efficacy and the death gap. -- Community activism against structural violence -- Observe, judge, act. American roulette. Trapped by inequity. Health care inequality. The cure.
9780226428154 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016055405
Social medicine--United States. Equality--Health aspects--United States. Poverty--Health aspects--United States. Racism--Health aspects--United States. Health--Social aspects--United States. Health and race--United States. Discrimination in medical care--United States. Medical policy--United States.