Nosocomephobia
Excessive fear of hospitals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nosocomephobia is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals.[1][2][3]
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Dr. Marc Siegel, a physician and clinical professor at New York University Medical Center says, "It's perfectly understandable why many people feel the way they do about a hospital stay," and continues, "You have control of your life ... up until you're admitted to a hospital."[4]
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon allegedly had an irrational fear of hospitals, even purportedly refusing to get a treatment for a blood clot in 1974, saying, "if I go into the hospital, I'll never come out alive."[5][6]
Nosocomephobia comes from the Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeion), "hospital"[7] and φόβος (phobos), "fear".[8][9]
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