You are an occupational therapist and also an administrator of an outstanding outpatient rehabilitation facility that accepts clients from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds. Recently, you have had to maintain a waiting list for occupational therapy services because all your current occupational therapists have reached their maximum caseload capacity. You receive a call from a physician-friend of yours wanting to refer a well-known political figure in need of outpatient occupational therapy treatment. You check back with your staff and realize that a patient was discharged this morning and there is now one opening on her caseload. However, you have an existing wait list of three clients from an underserved neighborhood of Chicago that have been waiting for occupational therapy services for almost 2 weeks. Which occupational therapy core value would you most need to keep in mind when deciding how to respond?

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Procedural justice is the core value that emphasizes fairness and equality in the allocation of resources and services, which is crucial when deciding how to prioritize clients for occupational therapy services, especially in a situation involving clients from underserved communities and a high-profile referral.

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