Mission and Statute

The Fondazione’s values are based on Father Agostino Gemelli’s vision of continuity through the principles that have distinguished the Policlinico and the Università Cattolica from the beginning.

The Fondazione is aware of its ethical and legal responsibilities toward patients as well as institutions, the surrounding community and collaborators.

For this reason, the Fondazione follows a Code of Ethics through which it expresses ethical principles, commitments and responsibilities that are the basis of its activities and points out, to the entire organization, the binding criteria for proper behavior.

The ethical commitments that the Fondazione’s employees and collaborators follow, along with the ethical obligations of their order or professional membership of affiliation, the current regulations and the established contractual agreements, derive from the above mentioned principles.

The Fondazione’s ethics embody and respect the fundamental principles expressed by the Catholic Church Magisterium regarding bioethics: every employee and collaborator will commit itself in refraining from carrying out procedures, surgeries and behaviours contrary to such principles. Protecting people’s lives at all times and their dignity represents the fundamental benchmark, especially when regarding the performance of health professions.