I completely agree with what you did in this case, but I'm very much anti-bullying. I take the view that the patient should be given the facts, and then allowed to take the choice. Recently a member of my family was in hospital and just being there was very damaging to them in a number of ways. So I insisted with a doctor that we take them home to recover. The doctor wasn't happy, and their first response was to pretend that we couldn't take them home. I pointed out that there were other factors beyond the one they were considering, and that those were more important. In the end we agreed that they should do some tests so we knew where we stood, and that we'd get a discharge. But there was no respect - the doctor took the view of "I know best" when in fact they didn't, because they didn't see the bigger picture. We were proven right when back home recovery was very quick. In your case, it was simple, there was just one thing to worry about, but in more complex cases I think it would be helpful for doctors in particular to listen more closely to patients and relatives and be a little more humble. They don't always get to see the whole picture