[AIDS and alternative treatments. A nursing point of view]

The new therapeutics protocols used to cure for AIDS are efficient and important for the therapy but it is essential for the patient to know therapeutic modalities and use. These factors are important for the patient's compliance. But besides the official therapy, we can assist to the use of a diverse alternative therapies associated to the conventional. Sometime the alternative therapy helps the official medicine although, too often they are considered old lifestyles survival. The present work want to indicate by a survey, how positive and ill patients face their health reality, how they alleviate their problems and the nursing role. WHO has recommanded to nurses to pay attention to the therapeutic choices of the patients.