...with Chinese characteristics

An American patient pulled me aside after his treatment today and asked me to indicate to the doc that he would prefer if the room were not full of non-patients, as that he felt the docs attention was not fully concentrated on carrying out the treatment.

The doors are always open, unless the A/C is on, and there is usually a conversation going on that involves the patient(s), doc, interns, and non-patients. People will poke their heads in to see if they want to choose this doctor, mothers read out loud to their toddlers, the needle-averse scream and holler, and through all of it the doc has to carry out the treatment while MC-ing the room at the same time.

Would the average patient feel comfortable one-on-one with the doc in a closed room?