- At the Hour of Death (1977)
- Deathbed Observations by Physicians and Nurses (1981)
- Near-Death Experiences (1982)
- Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience (2007)
- Life After Death: A Scientific Investigation of the Evidence for an Afterlife (2014)
Articles
- "Deathbed Observations by Physicians and Nurses" (with Erlendur Haraldsson) in Lancet (1977)
- "Near-Death Experience in Cardiac Arrest Patients: A prospective Study in the Netherlands" (with Pim van Lommel and others) in The Lancet (2001)
- "New Research on Near-Death Experiences: Implications for Psychiatry" in Psychological Medicine (2010)
- "The Relationship between Near-Death Experiences and Psychological Health: A Review of the Literature" (with Karlis Osis) in Frontiers in Psychology (2013)
- "Near-Death Experiences and After-Death Communication: Evidence for Life After Death?" in Journal of Near-Death Studies (2017)
Book chapters
- "The Near-Death Experience: A Review of the Empirical Literature" in The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences (2009)
- "Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife: What Science Has to Say" in The Routledge Companion to Near-Death Experiences (2017)
- "The Near-Death Experience: A Scientific Perspective" in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Consciousness (2018)
Other publications
- The Near-Death Experience Report: A Collection of First-Hand Accounts (2008)
- The Case for Near-Death Experiences: A Collection of Empirical Evidence (2011)
- Near-Death Experiences: A Reader for the Curious (2014)