This is a very interesting question, because if you think about the resources that are needed to get more palliative care, you're talking about a lot of nurses, a lot of personal care workers, and an increase in physicians, and these are areas where women are predominant in the workforce. This measure would create well-paying jobs for women. I think that would be a step forward, certainly.
In terms of whether women are more affected than men in the need for palliative care, I have not seen any statistics on that. I would be interested to take a look at some of the things, such as ovarian cancer and breast cancer, that seem to be very prevalent with women and typically can lead to the need for palliative care.