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
April 9, 1997