In Michigan, you generally have the right to get a deceased patient's medical record if you are the personal representative of the estate. If there is a formal will contest, you have the right to a deceased's medical records if you are the surviving spouse or other heir at law. If there is a dispute over life insurance benefits, you have the right of access to the deceased's medical records if you are a beneficiary of the deceased's life insurance policy. It would appear to me that if his wife is named the personal representatitve of his estate, she could submitt proof to that effect and be provided the medical records.
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