This "compression of morbidity", where chronic illness and disability are squeezed into ever-shorter periods at the end of life, is a recent trend among ageing populations.

这种“疾病压缩”，即慢性病和能力丧失被压缩到生命终了前的很短的时间段内，是老龄化人口中的一种当前趋势。

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Jobs, who has been on leave because of illness, is expected to return to work at the end of the month.

乔布斯因病一直在休假，预计在本月底将恢复工作。

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To end this terrible disgrace of homeless people, especially with mental illness, on the streets.

终止这种糟糕的耻辱——街上的流浪者，特别是那些患有精神疾病的人。

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Adapted from "The End of Illness, " to be published Tuesday by Free Press.

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"He was probably at the tail end of his illness, but yes, he was symptomatic, " he says.

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Each year, only between two and five assisted deaths occur in patients with mental disorders, most of them people also nearing the end of a physical illness.

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