Although they normally rely on spiritual means for healing, they are free to choose medical treatments. The decision about donation is left to the individual. Episcopalians passed a resolution in 1982 that recognized the benefits of blood, tissue, and organ donation. They are encouraged to become donors as part of their ministry to others in the name of Christ, who gave His life that we may have life in its fullness. Greek Orthodox Church is not opposed to donation as long as it is used to better human life, that is, for transplantation or for research that will lead to improvements in the treatment and prevention of disease.
Gypsies share common folk beliefs about the afterlife and tend to be opposed to donation.
They believe that the dead body must be intact because the soul maintains a physical shape as it retraces its steps for one year after death. Independent Conservative Evangelicals have no opposition to organ transplants. Islam believes in the principle of saving human lives. A. Sachedina stated in his 1990 article, Islamic views on Organ Transplantation, that the majority of Muslim scholars invoke the principle of priority of saving human life and permit organ transplantation as a necessity to procure that end. Jehovah's Witnesses do not encourage donation but believe the decision for donation should be left to the individual.