This study aimed to explore the values of the occupational therapy profession, on the premise that values help to provide insight into what professionalism means to a certain profession (i.e. occupational therapy). The study explored the values of 15 different OTs in Australia. Results showed that these values encompassed three different areas: The client and the client-therapist relationship; occupational therapy knowledge, skills, and practice; and selfless values.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1630.2012.00996.x/full