Palliative Medicine is medicine and care provided to those patients who have a terminal or advanced disease, frailty, a limited prognosis, and who are ultimately preparing for the end of life. Its primary aim is to reduce pain and discomfort and ensure optimal quality of life, patient dignity and patient-focussed care. It involves pain and symptom management, referrals to respite care, advanced communication, counselling for the patient and their family, spiritual guidance, and facilitation of resources for home aid and financial assistance/planning. Palliative Care services provide safe, high quality, holistic palliative care in many settings, including hospital, ambulatory, community, care home and hospice settings, as well as in harder to reach community settings such as psychiatric units, hostels and prisons. Services are provided by a multi-disciplinary palliative care team, involving medical and nursing specialists, and support staff. With an aging population and growing prevalence of chronic diseases, palliative care is an important area of health care that will need to meet future demand. Palliative Medicine and care look at the physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of the patient and their family. It seeks to normalise their experience, build relationships based on empathy and trust, reduce suffering and provide comfort.