Religious Beliefs and Anatomic Dissections
Conflict often rises when the ideas and beliefs of religions oppose autopsies and anatomic dissections. Many doctrines do not explicitly outline the process of postmortem examination, but interpretations and individual circumstances have formed general religious beliefs regarding the topic. Christianity does not have set guidelines on how a body is handled pertaining to an autopsy. Most followers of Christianity believe that once someone has passed away, their spirit has left the body. Recorded autopsies date back to as early as …
