EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
    We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus
of Tenet Healthcare Corporation for the registration of 9,580,644 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
April 16, 1997