title: [Body's integumentary restoration after autopsy: legislative, technical and ethical issues].
abstract: In France, families of the deceased raised concerns as regards to the conditions of restoration of body. If scientists hospital autopsies are organized by the Bioethics Law of August 6, 2004, the forensic autopsies were so far not provided with such a legal framework. The legislator has proposed the creation of a new chapter in the Code of Criminal Procedure institutionalizing forensic activities. This legislative evolution allows the harmonization of practices; forensic pathologists must be involved in these changes by bringing their scientific expertise, notably through improving their autopsy techniques.
authors.affiliation: Institut de médecine légale et de médecine sociale de Lille, université Lille - Nord de France, faculté de médecine Henri-Warembourg, 59045 Lille cedex, France. yann.delannoy@univ-lille2.fr
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Delannoy
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becart-Robert
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Houssaye
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: Raphaël
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cornez
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tournel
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gosset
authors.forename: Valéry
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hedouin
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D003334:Coroners and Medical Examiners; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D034582:Integumentary System / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data