Palliative care is a total care for the patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment, with the aim of improving the quality of life by relieving pain and suffering. The palliative patient health care includes physical, mental, social and spiritual difficulties and apart from the patient itself, it includes the family and the community. The interdisciplinary team of palliative care mainly involves a doctor, a nurse, a social worker, a cleric and a volunteer, depending on the overall organization of palliative care in the community. The nurse has an important role in the care of palliative patients, and besides health care aimed at satisfying basic human needs and prevention and early detection of symptoms, (s)he also cares about the patient rights and human dignity. (S)he is responsible for planning, conducting and evaluating health care with continuous assessment, patient and family education, and cooperation with all members of the interdisciplinary team. Adequate communication is a prerequisite for good psychological care, but it also makes it easier for the nurses themselves to experience loss. Also, it is important to provide the possibility of consultation and supervision for members of the interdisciplinary team as they face everyday situations that exhaust their psychological capacity and strength. If organized well, palliative care is the most human way to help the sufferer to end his life with decency. Therefore, it should be available to every person in need, according to the choice of patient, in all forms and at all levels of healthcare.