[The legal aspects of manipulation of dead body in the department of legal medicine and pathology].
Recent updates (novelizations) of Czech medical laws are very strict with regards to manipulation with corpses. The authors refer to several instances where healthcare personnel come to contact with corpses and state the relevant regulations (laws) including applicable penalties in case they are not adhered to.
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Ustav soudního lékarství LF MU, Brno. tomas.vojtisek@fnusa.cz
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