In due course, every sparrow falls to the ground. It is nature's way. Many critically ill patients die too soon and their family and friends are often not prepared to let them go. Argument is made in So Falls a Sparrow that the first goals of medicine are to affirm the sacredness of human life, to relieve pain and discomfort, and to diagnose and cure disease. Therewith, to move on to more complex decisions of withholding and withdrawing medical intervention when the burdens of treatment outweigh the benefits and when life is pitted against life. Multithousands of patients with neocortical...