The death gap : how inequality kills / David A. Ansell, MD.

Includes index.

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 -- The poison pill: the Affordable Care Act -- The cure. Community efficacy and the death gap. -- Community activism against structural violence -- Observe, judge, act.