EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Cardinal Health, Inc. for the registration
of its common shares and debt securities and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated August 6, 2002, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Cardinal Health, Inc. included in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2002, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule of Cardinal Health, Inc. for the years ended June
30, 2001 and 2000, were audited by auditors who have ceased operations. Those
auditors expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements in their report
dated July 27, 2001.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Columbus, Ohio
December 16, 2002