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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in registration statements Nos.
333-67976 and 333-60146 on Form S-3, No. 333-64112 on Form S-3 MEF, and Nos.
333-98437, 333-50506, and 333-24263 on Form S-8 of D&K Healthcare Resources,
Inc. of our report dated August 6, 2003, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheet of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30,
2003 and 2002 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related
financial statement schedule, which report appears in the June 30, 2003 annual
report on Form 10-K of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc.

Our report dated August 6, 2003 contains an explanatory paragraph that states
that the consolidated financial statements of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. and
subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2001 were audited by other auditors who
have ceased operations. The Company declared a two-for-one stock split in the
form of a stock dividend during the year ending June 30, 2002, and the amounts
in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2001
relating to all share and per share amounts have been restated to retroactively
reflect this stock split. We audited the adjustments that were applied to
restate the share and per share amounts reflected in the June 30, 2001
consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, such adjustments are
appropriate and have been properly applied. However, we were not engaged to
audit, review, or apply any procedures to the June 30, 2001 consolidated
financial statements of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. and subsidiaries other
than with respect to such adjustments and, accordingly, do not express an
opinion or any other form of assurance on the June 30, 2001 consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole.

Our report dated August 6, 2003 contains an explanatory paragraph that states
that the consolidated financial statements of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. and
subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2001 were audited by other auditors who
have ceased operations. These consolidated financial statements have been
revised to include the transitional disclosures required by Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,
which was adopted by the Company as of July 1, 2002. In our opinion, the
disclosures for the year ended June 30, 2001 in Note 3 are appropriate. However,
we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the June 30,
2001 consolidated financial statements of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. and
subsidiaries other than with respect to such disclosures and, accordingly, we do
not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the June 30, 2001
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

Our report dated August 6, 2003, contains an explanatory paragraph that states
that the consolidated financial statements of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. and
subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2001 were audited by other auditors who
have ceased operations. The Company changed the composition of its reportable
segments during the year ended June 30, 2003, and the amounts in the June 30,
2001 consolidated financial statements relating to reportable segments have been
restated to conform to the June 30, 2003 composition of reportable segments. We
have audited the adjustments that were applied to restate the disclosures for
reportable segments reflected in the June 30, 2001 consolidated financial
statements. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been
properly applied. However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any
procedures to the June 30, 2001 consolidated financial statements of D&K
Healthcare Resources, Inc. and subsidiaries other than with respect to such
adjustments and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of
assurance on the June 30, 2001 consolidated financial statements taken as a
whole.

/s/ KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

September 29, 2003

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