Medical Humanities Book Club - 'Being Mortal'

Medical Humanities Book Club - 'Being Mortal'

7pm - 9pm

Thursday 22 October 2026

SU Big Block Room

Join us for our first book club event of the year where we will be looking at Atul Gawande’s ‘Being Mortal’.

Welcome back to the Medical Humanities Society Monthly Book Club! Join us for our first event of the year where we will be looking at Atul Gawande’s ‘Being Mortal’.


  • Has modern medicine changed how we think about mortality?
  • Is our modern preoccupation with prolonging life really ethical?
  • Is our reluctance as medical professionals to talk about death contributing to patient harm?


Join us Thursday 22nd of October in the SU Big Block Room as we consider these questions and more!

Traybakes and drinks provided.

The book is available for free on Internet Archive (here), or as an e-book or hard copy through the QUB Library.

Hope to see you there – get reading!