Abstract. Palliative and end-of-life care involves the physical, social, psychological and spiritual care of people with advanced illness. It currently has an underdeveloped research base, but the need to improve it is increasingly recognized. One reason for the lack of research and the variable quality of research. 1. Introduction. Palliative care is a multidisciplinary health care process aimed at improving the quality of life of patients and their families by relieving or reducing the physical, psychological, and spiritual suffering of patients with serious illnesses. British physician Cicely Saunders, the widely recognized founder of modern palliative care, built St; Areas for further research and advanced education and training related to palliative care and EOL are suggested and may be applied in future clinical interventions. Keywords. a two-factor measurement model was proposed and tested using SEM. Nine items 1 to 9 were related to the factor “legislative competence” and six, palliative care is accessible to all patients with serious illness, regardless of age, prognosis, stage of illness or choice treatment. It is ideally provided from the start and throughout the illness, in association with life-prolonging or curative treatments. In other words, patients do not have to choose between treatment of their illness and palliative care.