RESUMEN
The communication between professional health caregivers, which mainly composed of medical staff, and patients and their families plays an important role in hospice care. The effective doctor-patient communication can guide terminal patients and their families to establish a correct medical view, reduce excessive medical treatment, and improve the quality of life for terminal patients. This paper briefly described the communication context of hospice care, the communication subject and the current situation of hospice care, analyzed the problems and challenges encountered by professional health caregivers, which mainly including medical staff, in the communication context of hospice care diagnosis and hospice care, and made the prospects of the development of effective communication measures.