Depression is a common symptom in palliative care patients. If terminal stage palliative patients suffer from major depression, use of antidepressants is recommended. We reviewed the recent articles to summarize the choice of antiderpressants for palliative patients: 1) Use of single highly selective antidepressant is recommended for palliative patients, because of reduced side effect and better acceptability. 2) Anxious hospice patients, avoid activating agents, use ADs with anti H1 activity will be better. Fatigue patients, prefer NE/DA agents than 5HT ones. Poor pain control patients, prefer SNRIs than SSRIs. Breast cancer, avoid ADs inducing PRL. Colon cancer, avoid ADs with anticholinergic activity. Nausea patients, avoid starting SSRIs togheter with chemotherapies. Hyporexia patients, use AD with anthistaminic activity or benzamides substituted. 3) Combined care with psychiatrist and neurologist for palliative patients with major depression disease will have better efficacy and acceptability.