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The teaching practice in federal public institutions has particularities that have repercussions at the time of retirement of these professionals, causing many to continue to perform their teaching activities, voluntarily, after they retire. The present study was developed with eight retired teachers who remained in the professional practice through the performance of voluntary work at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. It was evidenced that the choice of continuing is linked to the meaning attributed to the teaching work and that both personal and external factors influence this decision. The results indicated that the continuity of the professional teaching practice is a form of maintenance of the habitual way of life and is mainly seen as a transition towards completely withdrawing from the activities performed. Although retired, the teachers practiced voluntary teaching as a bridge employment strategy toward permanently withdrawing from the work and the institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The teaching activity in federal public institutions has peculiarities that reflect in the moment of these professionals' retirement, making many of them keep doing their teaching activities voluntarily when they retire. This study was developed along with eight retired professors who have remained in professional activity by means of doing volunteer work for Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. It has been evidenced that the choice for this permanence is connected to the meaning given to teaching work and that personal facts, as well as external facts, influence such decision. The results found indicate that remaining in the teaching professional exercise is a way of keeping the usual way of living and mainly as a transition towards the total disconnecting from the developed activities. Although retired, the professors do volunteer teaching as a strategy of bridge employment towards the definitive disconnection from work and from the institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Breast cancer has the highest incidence worldwide. Recently, breast cancer was considered a major public health problem due to the high morbidity and mortality. The objective was to characterize the coping strategies of the disease developed by these women after breast cancer. Methods: We used a qualitative approach, a study of descriptive, which are collected through structured interview technique and processed by content analysis. Participants were twenty women with mastectomies, married, with more than twelve months after surgery and without breast reconstruction. Results: Two themes were constructed from the analysis of their statements: 1) Physical changes after breast cancer, which was understood as a change in lifestyle and acceptance of the modified body and 2) emotional changes after breast cancer and coping initiatives, built based on the emotional findings after illness. Conclusion: Breast cancer is a disease which characterizes risks to life and brings with it a series of experiments to women. The changes and difficulties caused by the disease imply adaptations and adjustments, both physical (due to sequels) and emotional (guilt, anger and negativity), enabling the experience of different feelings, even after twelve months of surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]