The death gap: how inequality kills

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 --

Health care inequality. The US health care system: separate and unequal --

Poison pill: the Affordable Care Act --

The cure. Community efficacy and the death gap. --

Community activism against structural violence --

Observe, judge, act.

Preface: One street, two worlds --

Part 1: American roulette. American roulette ; Structural violence and the death gap ; Location, location, location ; Perception is reality ; The three Bs : beliefs, behavior, biology --

Part 2: 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 --

Part 3: Health care inequality. The US health care system : separate and unequal ; The poison pill : health insurance in America --

Part 4: The cure. Community efficacy and the death gap ; Community activism against structural violence ; Observe, judge, act.