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Edited by Benjamin C. Amick III, Sol Levine, Alvin R. Tarlov, and Diana Chapman Walsh. 374 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. $49.95. ISBN 0-19-508506-X.

Today's headlines — welfare reform; community activism against an asphalt plant in a minority neighborhood; the growing number of uninsured people in the presence of managed care, capitation, mergers, and the consolidation of health care institutions; Congressional wrangling over an increase in the minimum wage; the Supreme Court's decisions on affirmative action in Texas and Maryland — represent a range of issues that ultimately affect health. The general public and health care providers and experts do not always acknowledge the connections between this broad range of social issues and health. Society and Health is an excellent work that makes a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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