More recently, it is more and more openly concerned with the scientific foreign research of the process of dying and dying of incurable sick people. Palliative care provides answers to the questions of how to live right to the very end. Such care is devoted to creating the circumstances in which the dying process is, and death itself becomes a dignified and acceptable moment. Palliative approach is based on empathy, understanding, preservation of patient dignity, open two-way communication and care of a family patient. Palliative care is focused on improving the quality of the remaining life of the patient and his / her family. It begins when all the classic methods of treatment are exhausted. In the Republic of Croatia, palliative medicine is still in its infancy, although the legal basis for the establishment of palliative care has existed since 2003. However, there are numerous examples of good practices that exist without proper organizational and formal support. If the right to palliative care is viewed as a special human right, it can be concluded that the Republic of Croatia significantly lags behind the developed countries on this issue. The philosophy of palliative care rests on a set of common values, and one of these values is dignity. A dying person has a strong need to preserve his dignity during the period of death and death itself. Dignity implies the preservation of self-esteem, individuality and humanity of the patient. Psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression often occur in patients, which is why they care about their psychological needs. No, however, the primary goal of palliative care is to eliminate pain and thus affect the preservation of the quality of a patient's life. A significant role in palliative care is provided by her nurse who is directly involved in health care and is responsible for planning, conducting and evaluating her, in cooperation with other members of the multidisciplinary team. The purpose of this paper, an overview of available literature in Croatian and English, brings together elements of dignity in palliative patients, with particular emphasis on communication, spirituality, family palliative patient, and ethical problems that arise.