Question

Read this paragraph.

1Over forty years ago a doctor at the Mayo Clinic wrote that four out of five times he'd find out what was wrong sooner if he started by examining the patient's home life, his job, and his bank account instead of his heart, his digestive system, and his kidneys. 2Many of his colleagues thought he was crazy or was at least playing a joke on them. 3He was neither crazy nor was he playing a joke. 4He had come to understand what few doctors at that time did: that bodily functions are affected by spiritual and emotional phenomena as well as by physical influences.

The main idea of the paragraph is best expressed in what sentence?
2
3
4

Answer 1

To be honest, out of all of the sentences, I believe sentence number 4 expresses the main idea. It talks about what is going on and how he came to understand what the doctors were doing. So, the answer is sentence #4

Answer 2

The main idea of the paragraph is best expressed in the sentence (4).

Step-by-step explanation:

From sentence (1) to (3), the narrator talks of the doctor and his basis of the illness of the people. These three sentences provide the context of the story or paragraph. But, sentence (4) is the epitome of the whole paragraph, providing the reasons of those health complains, and the understanding of the doctor of what to do. The last sentence provides the main idea of what the whole paragraph was talking about and the solution needed- that bodily functions are affected by spiritual and emotional phenomena as well as by physical influences, so it alone isn't always a health issue but more of the familial and emotional surrounding of the person.