EXHIBIT 23.2

                [LETTERHEAD OF COOPERS & LYBRAND APPEARS HERE]


                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement
on Form S-4 (File No. xxx-xxxxx) of our report dated January 16, 1997, on our 
audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial statement 
schedules of Meditrust as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the years ended 
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994. We also consent to the reference to our firm 
under the caption "Experts".

                                        /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
September 2, 1997