Palliative care and family and community medicine: concepts and intersections Despite technological advances, many diseases are not amenable to curative therapy, becoming chronic and progressives, having death as his hopeless outcome. It is estimated that about 20 million people still die in the world without access and attention which could minimize his suffering and symptoms of the disease, chronic in the majority of the cases. Palliative Care (PC) is a growing area; however, the actual number of professionals trained to deal with the patient without expectation of curative therapy is insufficient.Through a narrative bibliographical review of the conceptual pillars of the Family Health Strategy, Primary Health Care and the