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Nosocomephobia
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Specialty	Psychology

Nosocomephobia is defined as the excessive fear of hospitals.

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."

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."

Nosocomephobia comes from the Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeion), "hospital" and φόβος (phobos), "fear".

See also

• Nosophobia
• List of phobias

References

1. Semple, David; Roger Smyth; Jonathan Burns; Rajan Darjee; Andrew McIntosh (2005). Oxford handbook of psychiatry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852783-1.
2. Glenn, Harrold. "The Ultimate Self-Hypnosis Cure for the Phobia of Hospitals (Nosocomephobia)". Diviniti Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
3. "Nosocomephobia". The Personal Genome. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
4. Kirchheimer, Sid. "How to Survive a Stay in the Hospital". Web MD. medicinenet.com. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
5. "Nixon Rejecting Care in Hospital". UPI. Spokane Daily Chronicle. 16 September 1974. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
6. "Doctor Tells Nixon's Fear of Hospital". Associated Press (AP). Toledo Blade. September 15, 1974. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
7. νοσοκομεῖον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
8. φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
9. Thomas, Charles (2001). The words of medicine: sources, meanings, and delights. University of Michigan: Charles C. Thomas. ISBN 0-398-07132-2.

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