wait a minute here. cant you choose not to have an autopsy? do you have to be embalmed? i dont want a tradition western funeral because i think its bullshit!
It depends on how you die, Richard.
If you die of natural causes in a hospital with an attending physician and your family doesn't want an autopsy, then you don't have to have one.
If you die of accidental causes or outside a hospital, then you might.
You don't have to have a traditional Western funeral, though. If you don't and you are cremated quickly enough, then you won't need to be embalmed.