Preface.

About the Authors.

1. A General Framework to Study Vulnerable Populations.

2. The Community Determinants and Mechanisms of Vulnerability.

3. Disparities in Health Care Access, Quality, and Health Status: The Influence of Individual Risk Factors.

4. Disparities in Health Care Access, Quality, and Health Status: The Influence of Multiple Risk Factors.

5. Current Strategies to Serve Vulnerable Populations.

6. Resolving Disparities in the United States.

Glossary.

References.

Name Index. Subject Index.