This book deals with the often overlooked social determinants of male health. Adopting a life course perspective, MacDonald looks at the health of young boys, the health of fathers and men in families of different kinds, men after retirement, and employment and its impact on the health of men. The focus of the book is not only on what is wrong (the pathogenic and the pathologies), but on what builds men’s health and resilience, and what is already health-enhancing in their lives (the "salutogenic"). This book is of interest to students and scholars of men’s health, gender studies, the sociology of health and public health.