Individuals, families, and communities bear significant medical, social, and financial costs as a result of kidney failure. While the worldwide incidence of kidney failure is growing, it is disproportionately higher among socially disadvantaged groups and those from linguistically varied backgrounds, areas with a greater need for social work treatments. The enormous psychological load and adaptive demand that patients with kidney failure face is typically underestimated and underappreciated, and hence not appropriately addressed by health care practitioners.
