EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 30, 1998, except for Note 16
for which the date is February 26, 1998, on our audits of the financial
statements of the Meditrust Companies and Meditrust Corporation as of December
31, 1997 and 1996, and for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, and
of Meditrust Operating Company as of December 31, 1997 and for the initial
period ended December 31, 1997 and of our report dated January 30, 1998 on the
financial statements schedules of Meditrust Corporation as of December 31, 1997.


                                                       COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
June 23, 1998