It's a not-bad movie but... (spoliers)

Where are the family members or friends when Nancy Greenly and Sean Murphy (Tom Selleck) died? Many other bodies' families/friends. Wouldn't they want the body for the funeral?

Perhaps it's explained in the book (which I haven't read).

As I recall, in the movie, Nancy Greenly died before she was transferred to the Jefferson Institute and Sean Murphy was transferred there in a comatose state.

I believe Nancy was interred without her organs being harvested. As for Sean, the Jefferson Institute could have told his friends/relatives that he died and was cremated on-site. They could have even provided an urn with faked remains.

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I think the point is that they aren't dead, they are in a coma, and their families have left them in the care of the hospital - heck, they are probably even paying the hospital for the care. After the organs are harvested, the families will be informed that their beloved family member unfortunately died without ever waking up from the coma. And the family can have the body for the funeral. The cuts and scars? Oh, that's from the autopsy.

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The comatose body is sent to the special care institute. When family comes to visit, they put the body in a staged hospital room with a bed to avert suspicion. The family would not get the body until after the organs had been harvested and the patient dies- family wouldn't inspect the body anyway.

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I think Greenly died unexpectedly, she was in pathology having an autopsy; which is why Sean was chosen so soon afterwards.

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