Restauration des corps après autopsies : aspects législatifs, techniques et éthiques

Key points 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.