This thesis presents a qualitative research study, which identifies issues regarding the development of palliative care in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) hospital setting, from the perceptions of healthcare professionals working in Saudi Arabian hospitals. "O, my Sustainer! Open up my heart and make my task easy for me, and loosen the knot from my tongue so that they might fully understand my speech." (Quran 25-28:114). I thank God Almighty for giving me the strength and the determination to complete this work. I would like to send my thankfulness to my Director of Studies Professor Janet Marsden for her encouragement, patient guidance and useful critique of this PhD research. I am likewise extremely grateful for the direction and interminable backing from my second director Professor Duncan Mitchell. My special thanks to Dr Kate Fryer for her support. I warmly thank my mother and father for their care and encouragement throughout my life. I would like to thank my wife for standing beside me throughout my study and while writing this research. I also would like to thank my whole family: sisters, brothers, my son and my daughter for everything positive I have received from them that contributed to this success. Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the completion of this work and those whom I have forgotten to mention.