Death Gap

David A. Ansell, MD, is the senior vice president and associate provost for community health equity as well as the Michael E. Kelly Professor of Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is the author of County: Life, Death, and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital.

• Foreword by Chicago Mayor Lori E. LightfootPreface: One Street, Two WorldsPart 1: American RouletteChapter 1: American RouletteChapter 2: Structural Violence and the Death GapChapter 3: Location, Location, LocationChapter 4: Perception Is RealityChapter 5: The Three Bs: Beliefs, Behavior, BiologyPart 2: Trapped by InequityChapter 6: Fire and Rain: Life and Death in Natural DisastersChapter 7: Mass Incarceration, Premature Death, and Community HealthChapter 8: Immigration Status and Health Inequality: The Case of TransplantPart 3: Health Care InequalityChapter 9: The US Health Care System: Separate and UnequalChapter 10: The Poison Pill: Health Insurance in AmericaPart 4: The CureChapter 11: Community Efficacy and the Death GapChapter 12: Community Activism against Structural ViolenceChapter 13: Observe, Judge, ActAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

"Compelling. . . . Without providing easy answers, Ansell challenges readers to be aware of health disparities and to work toward equality."