A man with young children is having difficulty managing the shopping, cooking, and laundry for his children while his wife receives inpatient treatment for depression. This man's burden is an example of what?

A) Iatrogenic burden
B) Subjective burden
C) Objective burden
D) Instrumental burden


Ans: C
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Objective burden refers to the practical problems family members encounter while caring for ill relatives. Examples include housing, food and laundry, transportation, medication management, money and money management, companionship and recreation, crisis intervention, and mediation with the police.

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