1977 best-selling novel set in a hospital (4)

I believe the answer is:

coma

(Other definitions for coma that I've seen before include "long sleep" , "Stupor" , "Unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused" , "State of insensibility" , "Unconscious state" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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