This Master thesis aims to present the mail stages of the development of palliative care in the Republic of Croatia. Palliative care is described as specialized medical care aimed at people suffering from serious, terminal illnesses. Since 2012, significant developments have taken place throughout the activities of the implementation and organization of palliative care in Croatia. Years later, palliative care is implemented more intensively within hospitals, but the first hospice in Croatia is also opened. One of the most essential components of palliative care is spirituality, which is inevitable, throughout a person's life, especially so when dealing with difficult moments such as illness. Therefore, a priest clergyman has an irreplaceable role in the palliative care team. A sick person, who is at the very end of their life, is often known to be looking for God's representative is very important to them, and can be of the most significance in that time. Even if that person hasn’t turned to God through her’s life, the above described yearning sometimes occur, even when a person might not have been religious the entire life. The ethics of palliative care are closely related to spirituality. Special emphasis is placed on human dignity at the very end of the life.