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"νοσοκομεῖον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and φόβος (phobos), "fear".φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
See also Nosophobia List of phobias
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