"Amazing Grace"

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In this article, the writer discusses the relationship between health and illness and the social context in which they exist. The writer bases the study on Jonathan Kozol's book 'Amazing Grace', which deals with the poor in the South Bronx and the problems they face.

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"Health and illness must be understood in a social context because society is responsible in part for the conditions that people live in and which in turn have major consequences in terms of their health. Many poor in America have no health insurance nor do they have the money to buy medications or even to buy healthy foods and provide balanced nutritious meals for their families. In the South Bronx, there are poor people living together and in Washington Heights and Harlem another poor making up the ... "

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