The Children on the Hill - Jennifer McMahon
What defines a monster? Are they born? Are they made? Is it a genetic anomaly? The Merriam-Webster (2022) dictionary gives a monster a few potential faces, providing characteristics of "ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty", but also simply "one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character". The latter implies that, based solely on personal opinion, monsters could be lurking around every corner - manifesting in any shape or size. In The Children on the Hill, Jennifer McMahon makes us re-visit our personal views. She tells a thought-provoking story of a renown psychiatrist, whose mission in life is improve the lives of those less fortunate; to give hope to the hopeless. We (and physicians) all know the part of the Hippocratic oath that states "First, do no harm." But there are many different interpretations for "harm" in the medical world. Who gets to determine what levels of harm are acceptable? When betrayal occurs, it t
