Question 1: During an office visit, a patient tells you she is going to stop taking her current medication for major depression as it is making her sleepy. In the context of the biomedical ethical principle of autonomy, describe your conversation with this patient. What types of communication skills are required in such a discussion? Is agreement necessary?

Question 2: Provide an ethical analysis supporting the decision to override the patient's right to autonomy or discuss why such a course of action would not be supported from the perspective of biomedical ethics.