EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                               AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
 
    We consent to the use of our reports dated July 25, 1996 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, 1996 and 1995, 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, 1996, 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
December 13, 1996