The Final Push — Richard Van Anderson

While on call for the trauma service, third-year medical student Michael Higgins finds himself in an extraordinary situation. He is summoned to the ER to participate in the evaluation and management of a critically-injured patient and soon discovers that the unconscious man lying before him is the same man who, one month earlier, committed a heinous act of violence that shattered Michael's personal life. Following a lengthy emergency operation, the patient -- known only as John Doe -- is now under the care of the trauma team, of which student doctor Mike Higgins is a member. As John Doe's condition gradually improves, Higgins' personal life deteriorates further, but there might be a way to reverse the downward spiral: if he sees to it that John Doe never leaves the hospital, Michael Higgins' world may right itself.