Citation

Malicier D. Bull. Acad. Natl. Med. 2001; 185(5): 839-45; discussion 846-8.

Vernacular Title

Les indications de l'autopsie medico-legale en France.

Affiliation

Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Place d'Arsonval-69437 Lyon.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11717842

Abstract

The crime can be disimulate under differents masks: a natural death, an accident, a suicide. The doubt exists anytime; for everybody: forensic pathologist, magistrate and policemen. It is most of the fine impossible to be sure of the cause of the death without an autopsy. In case of maltreated children, only the autopsy can confirm that the death is in relation ship with au shaking child syndrom. When a practitioner signs a certificate of death, he must be very careful all time.

Language: fr