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GONZALEZ MORA, Ania. The disaster phenomenon. A transdisciplinary perspective from the Complex Systems approach. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2008, vol.8, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1727-8120.

In this paper it’s fulfill a short historical review about the disaster studies theme, emphasizing what happens in Latin-American continent. We show how the theme perception in our countries is conditioned by the social problems, which are in narrow relation with occurring events, while the treatment about disasters in industrialized countries pass through the study of natural phenomenon from basic sciences. In this work we introduced some concepts used in the complex systems language and we talk about the necessity of the transdisciplinary treatment of disasters research and it introduction in curriculum of biomedicine career, using the epistemological foundations of complex thinking.

Palabras clave : disaster; non-linear dynamics; complex system.

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