EXHIBIT 23.1

                                       
                              AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Tenet Healthcare Corporation

     We consent to the use of our reports dated July 24, 1998, incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Tenet Healthcare 
Corporation, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Tenet Healthcare 
Corporation and subsidiaries as of May 31, 1997 and 1998, and the related 
consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in 
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year 
period ended May 31, 1998 and the related schedule, and to the reference to 
our firm under the headings "Summary Financial Information," "Selected 
Financial Information" and "Experts" in the prospectus.

    

                                                   /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Los Angeles, California
December 1, 1998