EXHIBIT 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Tenet Healthcare
Corporation for the registration of 305,172 shares of the common stock of Tenet
Healthcare Corporation and to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
October 25, 1996 with respect to the consolidated financial statement of OrNda
HealthCorp at August 31, 1996 and 1995, and for each of the three years in the
period ended August 31, 1996, incorporated by reference in the Tenet Healthcare
Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12, 1997.


                                             ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Nashville, Tennessee
February 11, 1997