TY - SER TI - La enfermería en el ecosistema social SN - 0210-5020 N1 - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa; Bibliografía: p. 50 N2 - From the change of mentality that after the forties supposed the definition of Health of the O.M.S. and above all the subsequent studies carried out by the so-called revisionists, the individual is seen not from his strictly biological aspect but immersed in a changing, evolving society, where adaptation mechanisms play a fundamental role in the achievement of optimal vital. The individual and society interact, facing an environment in continuous change. These complicated processes occur in a given habitat where life occurs through the cooperative effort of individuals and species. That is, of the biotic community ER -