Les pratiques en foetopathologie, discipline r~cente, sont encore en pleine ~volution. Elles ont dues ~tre modifi#~es par des textes de Ioi portant sur les d~clarations des naissances, le transport des corps, le respect du corps humain, les autopsies et le devenir des corps. Parall@lement, les r#flexions menses sur le deuil p#rinatal et l'investissement parental, entra~nent des modifications dans la prise en charge de l'enfant d~c~d~ et de sa famille, en obst~trique, en p~diatrie n~onatale et en foetopathologie. Le foetus et les enfants morts en p~riode p~rinatale ne sont plus des ~ pi#ces op@ratoires ~,. L'assurance qualit~ passe par la r~flexion et l'application de ces nouvelles donn~es.
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Practices in the recent discipline of foetopathology are still in the process of evolving. They have had to be modifled by legal texts on the registration of births, the transport of bodies, respect for the human body, autopsies and the final destination of the body. At the same time, thoughts on perinatal bereavement and the parental loss have lead to changes in the care taken over the deceased child and its family, in obstetrics, neonatal pediatry and in foetopathology. A foetus or a child dying during the perinatal period can no longer be considered as "material discarded after an operation". A quality assurance procedure must take into account such new information.