Comment by CogitoCogito

> I certainly want to be able to refuse medications that my doctor recommends (e.g. opioids) or seek alternate advice/second opinions.

You can do this.

> I'm talking about patient autonomy in the real world, even if it means allowing patients to make what seems like a suboptimal decision.

Patients are allowed to have these tests done against the recommendations of doctors (of course the costs might not be covered by insurance).

So I'm not really sure what you're arguing anymore...