Aim: To survey the opinion of nurses/medical technicians about death and dying of patients. Respondents and methods: The survey was conducted on 400 respondents. The respondents were nurses and medical technicians in the University Hospital Osijek. The standardized questionnaire Death Attitude Profile – Revised (DAP-R) by Wong, P. T. P., Reker, G.T. & Gesser, G. was used as the research tool. The questionnaire consists of 32 statements about people`s attitude to death. The second part consists of the questionnaire ̶ the index of interpersonal reactivity by Davis (Davis, 1983). It provides the multidimensional measure of emphatic reaction, which is the measure of cognitive and affective aspect of empathy. The questionnaire is based on self-assessment and it contains 28 statements, divided into 4 subscales. Results: The male respondents have less fear of death (Mann-Whitney U test, p=0,001). The respondents with secondary and higher education have greater fear of death, compared to the respondents with the university education (Kruskal-Wallis test, p=0,02). There are no significant differences between the operational units and non-operational units. The older respondents have higher ratings for the acceptance of the approach (p=0,178 p<0,001). The respondents who are deeply religious have stronger pronounced interpersonal reactivity, median 63 (interquartile range from 55 to 71) (Kruskal-Wallis test, p=0,02). Two hundred and seventy-six (276) respondents consider that there is need for education about death and dying of patients. Conclusion: Nurses and medical tehnicians with the university education better accept the idea of death and dying of patients than the nurses and medical technicians with the secondary education and senior nurses. There is a difference by gender, age and work experience. The need for education about death and dying of patients is strongly expressed.