Cadaver Usage

Some of the same religions, or others who have entirely different beliefs, uphold a positive interpretation of cadaver usage or autopsies. Even though some Islamic beliefs portray autopsies and cadaver dissection as detrimental to the connection between God and the individual, as well as cruel to the thin line between the dead and the living, some interpretations single out why these processes are so necessary. This includes the Islamic “interpretation of the Sharia's ideas about not performing religious duties if health will suffer”. Health is put before religion when certain conditions comply, such as knowing the cause of death of a victim or the discovery of a new medical procedure. “Maslaha is the Islamic principle of "public benefit."
Due to the high amount of individuals who are indifferent about body donation following death, the amount of cadavers available for dissection has decreased. Some states have taken to the law in order to counter this phenomenon (Ajita and Singh). At first, the best option approved by the government was a mandated choice, this was supposed to be a form of a “nudge”, and is depicted as a more viable way to increase organ donations. Therefore, citizens are required “to make an informed [and official] decision about their donation status as one of the requirements for getting something that they ordinarily need, such as a driver’s license.” However, even when people do opt-in by checking off “donor” on their driver’s license, “organ procurement organizations (OPOs) will often follow the negative wishes of the family of the deceased which is no deny donation, overriding a recorded decision to donate. Instead, a “shove” has begun some countries with extremely profitable results. This “shove” is described as the automatic or presumed consent to donation unless a personal attempt has been made to deny it. Belgium was one of the first to pass a presumed consent policy and was observed for the next following five years after implementation. Following this observation a recorded “114% increase in the number of kidneys available for transplantation” occurred (Whyte). The Anatomy Act, has been enacted by various states in India to provide an aspect of usefulness for the large supply of unclaimed bodies to medical and teaching institutions for the purpose of anatomical examination and dissection and other similar learning purposes. Body donation remains crucial to medical and scientific research and education. Not only does religion play a role in hindering the abilities for autopsies and cadaver dissection but there are so requirements to what can be