Concept information
Preferred term
doctor draft
Definition
- The Doctor Draft, Public Law 779 of the 81st Congress, amended the Selective Service Act of 1948. Effective September 9, 1950, it authorized a separate draft for physicians for the first time in U.S. history. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Doctor Draft]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/doctor_draft
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