Teaches you step-by-step the skills (called procedures) most commonly used in general medical practice. An ideal guide and advisor for all general practitioners, physicians in training, students, and career changers. Rare procedures are also included if they are part of a family physician's mandatory emergency spectrum, e.g., obstetrics or insertion of a laryngeal tube. Easy quick reference: The book is divided into system chapters (eyes, ears, nose, skin, musculoskeletal system, gastrointestinal tract, urogenital tract, extremities) and general technique chapters (punctures, apparatus, emergency procedures). There are also numerous illustrations as well as tips and tricks. Prof. Steinhäuser is Director of the Institute of General Medicine at the University of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck Campus. He and his interdisciplinary authors.