EXHIBIT 23.2

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration 
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 13, 1997 appearing on page 
F-1 of Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1996. We also hereby consent to the incorporation by 
reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on 
page S-1 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also hereby consent to 
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated 
February 28, 1996  on the Nephrology Services Business of Caremark International
Inc. for the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994 and for the one month ended 
December 31, 1993; of our report dated June 18, 1997 on the financial statements
of New West Dialysis Clinics, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1996; for our
report dated November 20, 1997 on the combined financial statements of
Southfield Dialysis Facility, P.C., North Oakland Dialysis Facility, P.C.,
Macomb Kidney Center, P.C., and Novi Kidney Center, P.C. for the year ended
December 31, 1996; of our report dated December 12, 1997 on the financial
statements of Dialysis Care of North Carolina for the year ended December 31,
1996; and of our report dated December 18, 1997 on the financial statements of
the Renal Dialysis Business of The Rogosin Institute, Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 1996. These reports appear on pages F-2, F-13, F-24, F-35 and F-43,
respectively, of Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K
dated December 19, 1997.


/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Seattle, Washington
February 24, 1998