The goal of palliative care is to support the ideal life of cancer patients and their partners, but the medical staff does not listen to all the needs of cancer patients and their partners. Cancer patients choose opponents and situations and express their suffering. Additionally, the typical problem of hidden suffering is not the issues of sexuality ? The suffering from sexuality of cancer patients is not expected to be expressed unless there is a suitable opponent. Are we the medical staff ready to respond to the suffering from sexuality of terminal cancer patients ? In this study, we thought that it was necessary to investigate the preparation of medical staff for the suffering from sexuality of terminal cancer patients, through a relationship with the hospitalized inpatient who reported suffering from sexuality.