Feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid designed for people facing advanced or terminal illness: a pilot randomized trial.

Background: Patients nearing the end of their lives face an array of difficult decisions.

Objective: This study was designed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a decision aid (DA) designed for patients facing advanced or terminal illness.

Design: We conducted a pilot randomized clinical trial of Health Dialog's Looking Ahead: choices for medical care when you're seriously ill DA (booklet and DVD) applied to patients on a hospital-based palliative care (PC) service.