EXHIBIT 23.1

                                AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation:

We consent to the use of our reports dated July 25, 1996 incorporated herein 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 heading "Experts" in the
Prospectus.  Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to a
change in the method of accounting for income taxes in 1994.


                                        KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Los Angeles, California
February 13, 1997