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The death gap : how inequality kills / David A. Ansell.
By: Ansell, David A [author.]
.Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019Edition: Paperback edition.Description: xviii, 235 pages : illustrations, maps.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226641669; 9780226428154.Subject(s): Social medicine -- United States | Equality -- Health aspects -- United States | Poverty -- Health aspects -- United States | Racism -- Health aspects -- United States | Health and race -- United States | Discrimination in medical care -- United States | Medical policy -- United StatesDDC classification: 362.10973
Contents:
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 case of transplant -- The US health care system: separate and unequal -- The poison pill: health insurance in America -- Community efficacy and the death gap -- Community activism against structural violence -- Observe, judge, act.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 362.10973 ANS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016764 |
First published: 2017.
Preface: one street, two worlds -- American roulette. American roulette -- Structural violence and the death gap -- Location, location, location -- Perception is reality -- The three Bs: beliefs, behavior, biology -- Trapped by inequity. Fire and rain: life and death in natural disasters -- Mass incarceration, premature death, and community health -- Immigration status and health inequality: the case of transplant -- Health care inequality. The US health care system: separate and unequal -- The poison pill: health insurance in America -- The cure. Community efficacy and the death gap -- Community activism against structural violence -- Observe, judge, act.