You know there were some students taking out the C grade on him :<)

In my job I've had to deal with human bodies at various stages of decomposition but I've never had to deal with an autopsy, thank God! Buy you know there were a couple of students in this group saying "This is for the anatomy exam grade!"

Medical Students Recognize Their Autopsy Patient - Tweed - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Performing an autopsy for the first time is a rite of passage that, for most medical students, is a profoundly unfamiliar experience.

For a group of students at Sweden’s renowned Karolinska Institute, however, the occasion had an unexpected element of familiarity, when the corpse in front of them proved to be one of their former instructors, reports The Local, an online news site.

One student described being “super shocked” when he recognized the body, but none of the students apparently said anything as they began to work. According to the news site, “the mood was tense.”

Sundelin, the head of the department responsible for the course, offered no apology for the awkward circumstances.

“It is really terrible, but it is part of education sometimes,” she said. “Unfortunately they must deal with it.”

The president of Sweden’s Medical Students Association, Maria Ehlin Kolk, was less complacent.

“Students should not have to feel uneasy during their education,” she said. “The question is how much these students learned from the situation.”

I don't think they should have handled this body...it can led to questions on the objectivity and seeing this is a legal action (I believe all states have laws saying a doctor must certify why someone has died with certain exceptions). But doc, would you be the person to cut open one of your best friends. No and it's not because of the shock to you. It's because we need someone who is not emotionally involved handing the matter...and you mix related people (family, friends, business, etc) that can limit the objectivity.

Stupid act from their point.