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                                                            Exhibit 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement of Meditrust on Form S-8 dated March 22, 1996 of our reports dated
January 29, 1996 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedules of Meditrust as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 and
for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, which reports are
included or incorporated by reference in the Meditrust Annual Report on Form
10-K dated February 29, 1996. Our report on the 1995 consolidated financial
statements of Meditrust appears in Meditrust's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
January 29, 1996.




                                      Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.



Boston, Massachusetts
March 22, 1996