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克雷格·博曼是波士顿著名的内科医生,在临床和基础科研方面都颇有建树。但是繁忙的工作和巨大的压力使他几乎没有时间享受生活。一年前,老医生伊森·科恩因为健康原因退休,将自己的大部分病人转给克雷格,并邀请他进入“管家医疗”领域。所谓管家医疗,就是病人先支付一笔可观的会费,换取医生24小时随叫随到的服务。自此克雷格的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。一天,克雷格正准备去听交响音乐会,却接到病人家属乔丹·斯坦霍普的电话,说妻子佩欣斯出现心肌梗塞症状,情况十分危急。克雷格到了佩欣斯家,她却不治身亡。克雷格就此陷入医疗纠纷之中……没有医生愿意提供对被告方克雷格有利的证词,而且庭外调解也宣告失败。开庭时间在即,克雷格的妻子亚历克西斯只好求助于自己的哥哥——纽约市警察局法医杰克。杰克听了亚历克西斯对案情的描述,觉得获胜的希望渺茫,但是,杰克了解到一条重要信息:死者的丈夫乔丹一开始并未打算起诉克雷格,他是在自己律师托尼的鼓动下才这么做的。杰克觉得其中必有蹊跷,决定尸检。就在这时,两名蒙面歹徒闯入克雷格家中,威胁克雷格的女儿,并让她们转告杰克,如果执意尸检,后果自负。然而,这更加坚定了杰克和哑历克西斯尸检的决心。杰克能帮助克雷格摆脱困境吗?克雷格的这起医疗事故有什么隐情吗?
Craig Behman is a famous Boston physician who has done much in clinical and basic research. But busy work and tremendous pressure saved him little time to enjoy life. A year ago, the old doctor, Ethan Cohen, retired for health reasons, transferred most of his patients to Craig and invited him to enter the area of “Butler’s Medical Care.” The so-called stewardship medical treatment means that the patient pays a considerable fee in advance, in exchange for the doctor’s 24 hours on-call service. Since then Craig’s life has undergone enormous changes. One day, Craig was preparing to go to the symphony concert, but received a phone call from his patient’s family, Jordan Stanhope, saying that his wife Peixin had symptoms of myocardial infarction. The situation was extremely critical. Craig arrived Peyins home, but she died. Craig was in the midst of a medical dispute ... No doctor was willing to provide testimony that Mr. Craig, the accused, was in good spite, and out-of-court mediation also failed. Just before the trial, Craig’s wife, Alexis, turned to his brother, New York City Police Department forensic Jack. Jack listened to Alexis’s description of the case and found little hope of winning. However, Jack learned of one important message: the deceased’s husband, Jordan, did not intend to prosecute Craig at the start. He was encouraged by his lawyer, Tony Just do it. Jack felt that there must be something wrong, decided to autopsy. Just then, two masked criminals broke into Craig’s home, threatening Craig’s daughter and letting them tell Jack, insisting on an autopsy, the consequences. However, this reinforces the determination of the autopsy of Jack and Alex. Can Jack help Craig get out of the woods? Is there anything hidden about Craig’s medical accident?