This collection of essays, reports, newspaper articles, documents and narratives includes opinions and information from all sides of the case. Doctors describe how feeding tubes work and what roles expert opinion and community standards play in assessing permanent loss of consciousness. Records show what role previous court decisions played. Essays and news stories describe how convictions varied in local and federal courts and courts of public opinion and how religion played a role. Narratives examine what actually happened in court and in the hospice room and how people responded to Schiavo's death. We hear many voices on this controversial subject; none of them, of course, are Schiavo's. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)