Amanda McArthur Hernandez, MA, PhD

Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research

• McArthur A, Ahmad A, Links AR, Warner KR, Drew P, Beach MC, Saha S. How words discredit: A taxonomy of stigmatizing language in the electronic health record. Patient education and counseling. 2026 Feb 5:109520.
• McArthur A. When patients demur: Resisting diagnostic closure in US primary care. Social Science & Medicine. 2024 Mar 1;344:116619.
• McArthur A. Pain and the collision of expertise in primary care physical exams. Discourse Studies. 2019 Oct;21(5):522-39.
• Heritage J, McArthur A. The diagnostic moment: A study in US primary care. Social Science & Medicine. 2019 May 1;228:262-71.
• McArthur A. Getting pain on the table in primary care physical exams. Social Science & Medicine. 2018 Mar 1;200:190-8.

• Associate Editor, Journal of General Internal Medicine
• Inaugural Chair, Conversation Analysis Special Interest Group, International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH)
• Mack Lipkin, Sr. Associate Member Scientific Presentation Award Recipient, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2026
• Best Graduate Student Paper Award Recipient, American Sociological Association Section on Conversation Analysis & Ethnomethodology, 2018

Society of General Internal Medicine

International Association for Communication in Healthcare

International Society for Conversation Analysis

American Sociological Association