Advance Care Planning and Goals-of-Care Decisions Among Veterans With Malignancy.

Background: There is a limited knowledge base about factors affecting advance directives and code status decisions among veterans with malignancy. In addition, few studies have focused on the benefit of palliative care (PC) in goals-of-care discussions among veterans with cancer.

Objectives: This study examined advance care planning and goals-of-care decisions among veterans with malignancy.