Book-length work Review

In the book, The Healing Sun, by Richard Hobday, he discusses all of the different types of things that the sun is good for, such as medicine, and Vitamin D. Richard also talks of the diseases caused by the sun, or by the UV rays that are produced by the sun. One of which is skin cancer which is caused by both the sun and by UV rays that we are exposed to in tanning beds. To us tanning is widely accepted and so is that risk of encountering or being exposed to malignant melanoma. Melanoma targets younger age groups because of the way we tan, or sunbathe. Even though we accept the fact that skin cancer is caused by tanning, Hobday says, “Its causes are still poorly understood and the exact nature of its relationship with sunlight exposure has yet to be determined.”
This book has very factual information and relates to my topic more than I expected for it to. I personally did not enjoy the book because it was informative, however, it did help me with my project. Melanoma is a very wide spread disease and does target younger age groups, I have found this to be true throughout my other research to and was not surprised because of how our generation is so lenient of tanning and laying out in the sun without protection, or by going to tanning beds.
The only real problem I had with this book is that it was on more than just that of my topic. It had to do with the sun itself and with diseases that were caused and or cured by the sun. I really only needed the book to be about tanning beds which was never really mentioned in the book it just talked about how lenient we are or UV rays which relate or imply tanning. This in turn made it difficult to prove my question.



Hobday, Richard. The Healing Sun. 1st ed. Findhorn: Findhorn Press, 1999. Print.