Table 4 Clinical geneticists' attitudes regarding the replacement of a face-to-face consultation with a telephone consultation within and outside of the context of an established doctor-patient relationship.

WITHOUT the context of an established physician-patient relationship, it is acceptable to replace a face-to-face medical genetic supervision (by a medical doctor) with telephone supervision (by a medical doctor)

63%

(74/117)

21%

(24/117)

5%

(6/117)

11%

(13/117)

0/117

(0%)

WITHIN the context of an established physician-patient relationship, it is acceptable to replace face-to-face medical genetic supervision (by a medical doctor) with telephone supervision (by a medical doctor)?

25%

(29/118)

27%

(32/118)

8%

(9/118)

33%

(39/118)

8%

(9/118)