Embalmment, Islamic Legality and Medicolegal Concept: AReview

Abstract

Embalmment an art of science of temporarily preserving human remains to forestall decomposition and make it suitable for at funeral. It also assists in preserving humans for studying medical courses. It causes tissues to harden by coagulating tissue proteins that gets fixed and hardened. The aim of the study is to understand embalmment and different views from religion and socio-cultural perspectives Research publication articles from Pubmed, Medline and many others were searched using google search engine. Over seventy journals of repute were obtained out of which more than forty gives reputable result information of socio-cultural and medico legal effects of embalmment. Embalming human cadaver is attributed to scio-cultural effects and religious views in different part of the world.