Federal Tort Claims Act : Proposed Medical Malpractice Exception to the Feres Doctrine.

Looks at two proposals in the 100th Congress to create a medical malpractice exception to the "Feres Doctrine," the holding by the Supreme Court that the Federal Tort Claims Act provisions permitting tort actions against the U.S. do not apply to service-connected injury claims of military...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Actions and defenses. Health facilities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book