Access to the clinical history of deceased patients

Given the special nature of health information and the provisions of patient autonomy and data protection legislation, in principle a right of preferential access to the HC of the deceased should be recognized to persons with a bond, for family reasons or in fact, closer to the deceased, such as the spouse, children or parents. This access does not exclude the possibility of other accesses given the specific circumstances. Given the normative provisions (art. 3 LOPDGDD), and that in principle the heirs have a link for reasons of fact with the causer, it seems clear that they must have access to the HC of the deceased, even if there is no link for family reasons.