The author was interested in the importance of Pastoral Care regarding the psychological and spiritual healing of terminal cancer patients.At the initial stage of hospitalization terminal cancer patients' are mainly concemed with alleviation of physicalpain.But as death approaches both psychological and spiritual encounters become paramount.For this reason the author initiated death education.The topics regarding spiritual care were freedom fear of death,life being not a failure,hope towards new life after death.
Subjects were 45 terminal cancer patients out of a total of 113 patients the author cared for and who died at St.Teresa's hospital．Both Egogram and SDS tests were administered in order to understand the psychological dimension of patients whowere considered as being in need of psychological and spiritual assistance.It was felt that medical personnel who cares for dying patients need also to study literature，philosophy，
Music,etc.in additiont otheir professional subjects.In the face of death both patients and Md.'s have to be aware of what Pascal in his Pensees calls the fragility of"unroseau".
