EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                               AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation:
 
    We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
on Form S-3 of Tenet Healthcare Corporation of our report dated February 1,
1997, with respect to the supplemental consolidated balance sheets of Tenet
Healthcare Corporation and subsidiaries as of May 31, 1995 and 1996, and the
related supplemental consolidated statements of operations, changes in
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended May 31, 1996 and to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Tenet Healthcare Corporation of our report
dated July 25, 1996, with respect 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, changes in 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 reports on the supplemental
consolidated financial statements and on the consolidated financial statements
refer to a change in the method of accounting for income taxes in 1994.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Los Angeles, California
April 16, 1997