Midwifery is a professional discipline which combines science, art and strong ethical values. Ethics seeks to resolve questions of human morality by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime. Ethical principle includes- Beneficence, Autonomy, Non-maleficence, Justice and Confidentiality. Many legal issues are involved in case of mother and her infant. The common causes of law suits against the nurse include: 1. Problems of medication, 2. Failure in adequate client monitoring, 3. Failure to adequate assess the client, 4. Failure to report changes in client, 5. Abortion and 6. Nursing care to the new-born. Nurses should be updated with the legal and ethical issues in midwifery nursing in order to protect themselves from lawsuits
