title: Practicalities of an alternative pathway. The yellow brick road or a minefield?
abstract: The title of this article is a metaphor of how two consumers turned to self-care to maintain health through alternative pathways in the burgeoning field of natural healing. We describe practical information on how we became involved and our results, how to select practitioners, and how gerontologic nurses can enhance the interest in and credibility of self-care.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco State University School of Nursing, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Monea
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boldi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012650:Self Disclosure