Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems related to deadly disease, through prevention and alleviation of suffering through early recognition, and flawless assessment and suppression of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. The help provided to the palliative patient and his family is not only medical, but often also psychological and spiritual. In order for the care to be complete, the cooperation of family medicine doctors, specialist doctors, palliative care team, home health care, social workers, psychologists, priests, but also volunteers is necessary. The importance of this area is also shown by the fact that the development of palliative care is one of the key areas within which additional services should be developed. Funding palliative care services is one of the most important issues raised in the functioning of palliative care.