Magic Signature - The Profile of China's Current Doctor-Patient Relationship

Under most circumstances in China, all the informed consent forms (ICFs) are signed by patients' relatives rather than patients themselves. In this case, this patient's relative strongly insisted to use his own pen to sign the operation informed consent, rather than the pen provided by the doctor, which made the doctor feel confused. Right next day, when the doctor checked the patient's medical record before operation, strangely enough, he found that the signature was disappeared magically. A mixed feeling of doubt, surprise and shock flooded into the doctor's head. After surfing the internet, the doctor came to realize that the pen used by the patient's relative was a kind of magic pen which can make the handwriting disappear completely within 12 hours.