Psychology’s Medicalization of Male Baldness

    June 2021 in “ Journal of health psychology ”
    Glen Jankowski, Hannah Frith
    Studysummary This review found that commercial influences may affect how male baldness is represented as a disease and how treatment options are presented, often omitting limitations.
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