I have written several papers and books on communication skills in nursing which includes theory of the shift to patient-centred medicine. Approaches that take a humanistic exploration of the person's experience as a basis of relationship-building and diagnosis/assessment are often recommended in specialist fields of care but apply generally to medicine and other clinical practices. For instance, movitational interviewing is based on Carl Rogers' 3 principles of counselling.

I recommend Bensing (2000), paper on 'Bridging the gap: the separate worlds of evidence-based medicine and patient-centred medicine', in Patient Education and Counselling, 39, 17-25. This shows this paradigm shift from a medical approach to a humanistic approach.

Communication skills is now a fundamental skills for nurses in the UK, and is taught in nurse training based on person-centred care. Also see my book 'Communication skills in nursing practice' (2020), published by Sage.