Finnish palliative care is well behind other European countries, with doctors and nurses receiving inadequate training for treating terminally ill patients. Finnish patients who are living out the final months, weeks or even days of their lives do not receive adequate care or attention, according to experts in the still embryonic field. Many terminally ill people suffer from fears and pains that healthcare workers aren't able to help them face. Although interest in developing palliative care is slowly rising the biggest obstacle seems to be the healthcare professional's ability to come face to face with the patient and their families and painkillers are also often administered too carefully. The reason for the distress has to do with the low level of training doctors and nurses receive for situations involving dying patients and many doctors may dismiss the final needs of the terminally ill.