EXHIBIT 23.2

                               AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation

    We  consent  to the  use of  our reports  dated July  25, 1995  included and
incorporated by reference  in the registration  statement on Form  S-3 of  Tenet
Healthcare  Corporation, relating  to the  consolidated balance  sheets of Tenet
Healthcare Corporation and  subsidiaries as of  May 31, 1995  and 1994, and  the
related  consolidated statements  of operations,  shareholders' equity  and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended May 31, 1995, and the
related schedule, and to the reference to our firm under the headings  "Selected
Historical Financial Information" and "Experts" in the prospectus. Our report on
the  1994 consolidated financial statements refers to  a change in the method of
accounting for income taxes.

                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Los Angeles, California
September 12, 1995