[A new status for mortuaries].
For a long time, hospital mortuaries were seen as the slightly shameful 'back offices' of institutions focusing primarily on medical successes. In recent years, the mortuary has come to be seen as a necessary facility for any modern hospital, subject to the same requirements of professionalism as other hospital departments, with staff who have an integral role to play in patient care.
Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de droit de l'Université Paris-Descartes, Paris. marc.dupont@sap.aphp.fr
Marc
M
Dupont
D006801:Humans; D009027:Mortuary Practice / Q000592:standards