The death gap: how inequality kills

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.