Palliative medicine is the one of the newer branches of medicine. Its focus is care for terminally ill patients in the final stage of their illness. The organisation of palliative medicine is necessary on all the levels of health care. Palliative care tries to improve the quality of life for both the patient and the family as well as to make suffering, pain and other symptoms of illness easier. A palliative approach is the complete holistic approach towards the other person, a healthcare professional and a patient. Palliative care starts when all the standard methods of cure have been exhausted. The accessibility of palliative care must be based on needs and should not be limited to the type of illness, geographical location or socioeconomic status of the person who needs such care. All those who care for dying patients should participate in workshops, aimed at the psychological forms of care. Palliative care implies the complete care for a patient in the terminal phase of illness as well as for the family. Terminal illness is a medical term used for describing an illness that cannot be cured or treated adequatelly and that is supposed to end with death of a patient in a short period. Death is a part of life. It is very important to improve patent's quality of life as much as possible and to give the family a big support, even after patient's death, all the way to the end of grieving.A nurse who observes the condition of a patient in the terminal phase of illness knows when the other members of the healthcare team should be included. Depending on the circumstances, the other team members are included – physical therapist, psychologists and volunteers who are not healthcare professionals as a replacement for the busy family members. If necessary, the consultants are included – volunteers; surgeon, dermatologist, physiatrist, lawyer and priest. The palliative approach can be recognized from the definition of palliative care according to World Health Organisation:“ Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life-threatening illness,“ During illness nurses should educate a family as to what will they do when death comes. The final period of life has much deeper dimension of life.It is of great importance to be with a dying person. This includes education, acceptance of pain, mourning and dying as a part of everyone's life. A good communication is an important precondition for an appropriate care for patients and their families. Communication is one of the most common skills healthcare professionals use in their everyday work. It is of great importance to communicate well. That is the essential part of the relationship with a patient and his family as well as the key to the success of a nurse and a healthcare team.