"Why is this important to doctors and dentists?
People who have been previously victimized through childhood physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence, or sexual assault, have special issues and concerns in health care settings.
"Anxious feelings about an office visit may be amplified for a trauma survivor for whom the visit triggers memories of trauma including physical pain by an authority and unbearably intense emotions...."
https://nchdv.confex.com/nchdv/2012/recordingredirect.cgi/id/347 (3-pg brochure)
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