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 Amendment  No. 1 to 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 25, 1995