TY - CHAP AB - Abstract A customer makes an appointment to see her local general practitioner (medical doctor, GP) regarding the likelihood of a hereditary illness. As part of this process, the customer is required to return the following day for a blood test, and on the third occasion for a scan. After not hearing back from anyone regarding the results of the blood test, the customer is spoken to rudely by a nurse when she attempts to find out the results days later.The customer is then advised by the practice carrying out the scan that the full cost will be covered from her health insurance policy, only to find out after the scan takes place that it is not. How should the practice have handle this situation in terms of the information provided to the customer? And, how will the experience with the practice staff affect the relationship the customer has with her local health provider? VL - 14 SN - 978-1-78714-279-4, 978-1-78714-278-7/1871-3173 DO - 10.1108/S1871-317320170000014011 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1871-317320170000014011 AU - Bish Rachael AU - De Villiers Rouxelle AU - Woodside Arch G. PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/01/01 TI - Medical Insurance Mayhem: One Woman’s Struggle for Information T2 - Trade Tales: Decoding Customers' Stories T3 - Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 63 EP - 70 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -