social act signing an informed consent form A social act that is a part of an informed consent process and has output of a signed informed consent form. The signing process leads to a legal obligation. Alla Karnovsky, Frank Manion, Yongqun He, Jihad Obeid, Chris Stoeckert, and Mathias Brochhausen Signing here does not mean that we have to sign with a pen. It may happen in terms of signing a piece of a paper or an electronic form. This class is under group discussion as of 03/26/2019.