The 1990s saw a spate of lawsuits from patients subjected to dubious treatments for multiple personality disorder they said they didn't have, and many began to believe that DID was not so much treated by psychiatrists but induced by them through the power of suggestion.
The animals in the story are subjected to some dubious anthropomorphization, but it's still difficult not to read to the end to find out what happens to C-Boy, the protagonist lion who may or may not have the house cat's nine lives.
It was here that teachers, students and researchers argued successfully for the importance of building cross-disciplinary links and for establishing ties with those subject to the application of dubious academic knowledge - for example, with mental health clinicians and patients.
Investment gimmicks subject to endless political pressure by central-planners are dubious and inherently inefficient ways to invest money.
Tax lawyers would also be subject to disciplinary action if they were found to have written opinions blessing dubious deals.
He pointed out that skepticism implies a doubting; but in his "as if " philosophy there is nothing dubious about patently false fictions that, unlike ordinary hypotheses, are not subject to verification.
Romania has been in the EU since 2007, but remains subject to an EU monitoring regime because it is seen as highly corrupt and criminalised, with a dubious commitment to the rule of law.
In Radovich v. National Football League, the Supreme Court ruled in Radovich's favor and declared the NFL was subject to antitrust laws, and the implication was that the legality of the draft and reserve clause were dubious.
The two Chinese numbers most subject to suspicion are, first, its spectacular GDP growth rates and, second, the gargantuan amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) that China claims to attract.It is true that both sets of figures are highly dubious.
