EXHIBIT 23(D)

                         Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Cardinal Health, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Cardinal Health, Inc. of our report dated July 11, 2002, with
respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits as of December
31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statements of changes in net assets available
for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 and supplementary
schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form
11-K of the Syncor International Corporation Employees' Savings and Stock
Ownership Plan.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
January 3, 2003