EXHIBIT 23.2

                               AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation

    We  consent to the  use of our  reports dated July  25, 1995 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 heading "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
December 26, 1995