Exhibit 23.2

                    CONSENT OF BARATZ AND ASSOCIATES, P.A.

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

To Covalent Group, Inc.:
        
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Amendment No. 2 to S-3 Registration Statement of our report
dated February 5, 1997 included in Covalent Group, Inc.'s Form 10-KSB/A
Amendment No. 2 for the year ended December 31, 1997 and to all references to
our Firm included in this Amendment No. 2 to S-3 Registration Statement.
          

                                      BARATZ AND ASSOCIATES, P.A.

                                      /s/ Baratz and Associates, P.A.


Marlton, New Jersey
    
August 13, 1998