The death gap : how inequality kills /
"We hear plenty about the widening income gap between the rich and the poor in America and about the expanding distance separating the haves and the have-nots. But when detailing the many things that the poor have not, we often overlook the most critical--their health. The poor die sooner. Blac...
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2021.
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| Summary: | "We hear plenty about the widening income gap between the rich and the poor in America and about the expanding distance separating the haves and the have-nots. But when detailing the many things that the poor have not, we often overlook the most critical--their health. The poor die sooner. Blacks die sooner. And poor urban blacks die sooner than almost all other Americans. In nearly four decades as a doctor at hospitals serving some of the poorest communities in Chicago, David A. Ansell, MD, has witnessed firsthand the lives behind these devastating statistics. In The Death Gap, he gives a grim survey of these realities, drawn from observations and stories of his patients"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226796710 022679671X |