Everyone hopes for a death in dignity, free from pain – but only a for a few this hope will ever become reality. Providing patients with care and dignity up to their death is the goal of palliative care. Andrea Eder and Kurt Langbein portray the everyday life of six people, who have been told by their respective doctors that there is no chance for a prolonged life. What are their thoughts and wishes during this time and how may loved ones and doctors help them? A film about the taboo of death in modern society.