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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



          We consent to the inclusion in this Form 8-K/A being filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Continucare Corporation of our reports dated
April 30, 1997, relating to our examinations of the financial statements of
AARDS, Inc. and Rosenbaum, Weitz and Ritter, Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and
1995 and for the two year period then ended and appearing in the aforementioned
Form 8-K/A.



                                          SPEAR, SAFER, HARMON & CO.
                                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Miami, Florida
June 23, 1997