The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when…
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The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answer.
1. Self-management is thus defined as the ‘individual’s ability to manage the symptoms, treatment, physical and psychosocial consequences and lifestyle changes inherent in living with a chronic condition’.
2. Most people with progressive diseases like dementia prefer to have control over their own lives and health-care for as long as possible.
3. Having control means, among other things, that patients themselves perform self-management activities.
4. Supporting people in decisions and actions that promote self-management is called self-management support requiring a cooperative relationship between the patient, the family, and the professionals.
- A.
2134
- B.
2314
- C.
1234
- D.
4213
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Correct answer: B
There is no doubt that statements 2 and 3 form a pair because they both speak of ‘having control’.
Statement 2 says ‘most people ... prefer to have control...’, while statement 3 says ‘having control
means...’.
Thus 2 and 3 form a pair. The idea of self-management is further elaborated on by ‘self-
management support’, which has been introduced in statement 4.
Now we come to the placement of statement 1.
As we see, statement 1 is not about self-management support, but about self - management.
Thus 1 must come before 4 because in 4 we have shifted our discussion from self-management to self-management support.
Thus 2314 is the right sequence. Statement 1 is the intermediate conclusion for statements 2 and 3.